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29-APR-2009

Reflections, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009

A distorted reflection of a downtown hotel fills every window of the office building at left. The glass wall of the building behind it also reflects the hotel, but gives it more room to flow upwards on its dark surface. I try to contrast a world of order and system, to the world of the imagination. I included the white building at right as symbol of order – its grid of panels and rigid framing contrasts strongly to the imaginative reflections that flow as golden liquid through the left side of the image. By spot metering on the white building, the exteriors of both office buildings in this picture become darker, and offer a perfect context for the surreal hotel reflections to play across their glass surfaces. Although it is nearly mid-day, with the light at its so-called “worst,” the sun is in the right place to create the reflections that give this image it’s meaning.

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Phil Douglis05-May-2009 16:15
That's what I was trying to do here, Alina -- juxtapose the rigidity of reality and the surreal disorder of the reflections.
Alina05-May-2009 13:48
Beautiful lighting, reflections and good-looking composition. Strait lines of buildings and zigzag reflections are creating beautiful companion.
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