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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seven: Making time count > Changing of the Guard, Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000
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11-FEB-2000

Changing of the Guard, Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000

We can do more than freeze or blur moments in time to capture significant action and reaction. We can go on to capture interaction among humans or wildlife that tells a story. I saw these soldiers getting ready to march out to change the guard. They express their involvement with each other through hand gestures. The soldier on the right makes sure that the other soldier's uniform is perfect. The one on the left seems to be acknowledging the advice with a tip of the hat.

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Phil Douglis25-Jul-2006 18:15
Thanks for going beyond the humanity displayed here and focusing on the brotherhood aspect of this image, Jenene. Yes, soldiers are trained to look out for each other. It might mean the difference between life and death someday. In this small gesture, there is a world of meaning.
JSWaters25-Jul-2006 16:41
It's more than just humaness to me. These men share a bound of brotherhood, and one helping the other with grooming habits only serves to better illustrate that brotherhood. It's a very familial, protective gesture to me.
Jenen
Phil Douglis04-Mar-2006 06:26
Your comment picks up on Tim's, and does it well. Thanks for this contribution. You are learning how to read meaning into my images, which will enhance your ability to bring meaning to your own.
Sheena Xin Liu04-Mar-2006 06:19
Although it tells about soldiers changing guard for certain military mission which is supposed to be a rigid process, I did see the humanity in this picture as their gesture and eyes are very caring and loving. I am moved by this capture.
Phil Douglis03-Dec-2005 03:40
I made this image five years ago, Jude, but the interactive moment still lingers. What you see here is cooperation in its most basic form.
Jude Marion03-Dec-2005 02:58
A beautifully captured moment ... I can almost imagine the precise, clipped motions of they gestures ... grooming with military precision! This image does not express a sensualness in the interaction of the tweo soldiers, but something more susinct.
Phil Douglis10-Dec-2003 00:13
Agreed -- this image is all about human values and incongruity. Soldiers on display are supposed to be perfect, yet here are two of them fiddling around backstage, looking very human. Thanks for the comment, Tim.
Tim May09-Dec-2003 23:27
For me it's an image of the humaness behind the show. Especially since this show is about the opposite of humaness; a military display of might and rigidity.
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