photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixty One: Signs as symbols > Directions, Jacksonville, Oregon, 2009
previous | next
19-JUN-2009

Directions, Jacksonville, Oregon, 2009

A family crosses a main intersection in downtown Jacksonville. I was delighted by the profusion of signage at this intersection, and layered the signs, starting with the large vintage sign painted on the wall in the background, continuing with the highway route, and the mileage to nearby towns signs in the middle ground, and finally ending with the stop sign in the foreground. I photographed a number of groups crossing the street, but this family was the most expressive. The man’s shirt echoes the green sign above him, and repeats the faint striped pattern of the bricks on the wall. The bright red canopy of the stroller picks up the red in the background wall and the stop sign, while the scale of the child’s tiny feet provide an incongruous contrast to the adult feet striding on both sides of it.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/400s f/5.2 at 144.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Phil Douglis05-Jul-2009 19:58
Thanks, Emma, for this observation. You were kind enough to spend a morning with us in Jacksonville, and I am glad that you can see here what I was trying to accomplish by spending so much time at that intersection. As you recall, we were waiting for Tim, who was browsing in a yarn shop, and we had a lot of time to work on this shot. Patience paid off here.
Guest 05-Jul-2009 01:39
It's wonderful to read your description of what is in the photo and why you've chosen certain elements such as this particular group to be there. I only saw a tiny part of this process while you were visiting Jacksonville and it's frosting on the cake to see the results of your photojourney/journalism after being there at its inception. Thank you, Phil!
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment