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12-MAY-2012

Blue on blue, Havana, Cuba, 2012

Well-used public telephones such as this one are still very much in evidence in Cuba. Unlike many other countries, a cell phone is not yet in every hand. This phone, built like a tank, was mounted in an alcove of a building alongside of a busy public street. Its blue walls are every bit as tattered as the surface of the phone itself. The blue receiver and coin return perfectly integrate the begrimed phone with its worn environment.

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Phil Douglis06-Jul-2012 04:18
Thanks for imagining the bodies leaning against this wall, Jude. I can see them in the mind's eye.
Jude Marion17-Jun-2012 23:11
Beautiful! I am so taken with the smudge marks left on the wall from countless bodies leaning up against the wall while talking on the phone.
Phil Douglis30-May-2012 19:47
It is not the subject itself that matters in a picture, Celia. It is how you render that subject and what you have to say about it that counts. I am glad that you see that principle in action here. I agree that coincidence is often important in photography, and so is luck. However I remain a great believer in luck as the residue of design. We often can make our luck, just by seeing things in a different way.
Cecilia Lim29-May-2012 23:34
This is great! I love how you make everyday objects speak and come to life as if they too are living in this world. The blue receiver and the blue walls are a wonderful coincidence. Sometimes luck is very much a factor in good photography !
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