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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Nineteen: Conveying a Sense of Place – A Town of Ghosts, Frozen in Time > Reclamation, Bodie, California, 2004
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17-OCT-2004

Reclamation, Bodie, California, 2004

Desert vegetation slowly reclaims its domain as it advances through the rusted metal of a long abandoned vehicle. The line between unrestrained nature and civilization can very thin. In Bodie, civilization is lost. Nature reigns. And that exactly what this image represents.

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Phil Douglis19-Jan-2008 04:34
You are correct. Once we move away from photography as description, Vera, and instead trust the viewer to fill in the details for himself or herself, we will be on the way to becoming expressive photographers.
Guest 07-Jan-2008 13:38
An excellent example of how less can be more. We don't need to see the entire vehicle to know it is abandoned.
Vera
Phil Douglis29-Oct-2004 04:03
Rooting for the plants, indeed! Given the concept of "arrested decay" it may take a while. They probably will prune the plant once it consumes this rusting vehicle. Thanks, Brucek, for pointing out the way I structured this image. It is more than just walking up to something interesting and shooting it. I try to organize every inch of the frame, and make it all work together to express an idea.
Guest 29-Oct-2004 02:54
I like the combinations and juxtapositions here - the competing textures and shapes, angles and lines versus the organic. The colors are subtle - they stand apart, yet they also complement each other. It is an image of survival, and transcendence. I'm rooting for the plants. (PI)
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