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26-NOV-2014

Lost in time, Savannah, Georgia, 2014

I saw this man standing on a corner in Savannah’s historic district. I made this image because he seems incongruous in such a setting. When I viewed this image later on my computer, I noticed the reason for his presence here – a cigarette is in his hand. He obviously was not allowed to smoke within any of these old, and possibly historic, homes. The raw walls of the building behind him intensify the “back in time” mood. This man chooses to stand alone on brick sidewalk, surrounded by shadows. Dressed in a suit and tie, he spurns the sun that warms the same building on the far left. The man’s suit, solitary inactivity, and choice of chilly smoking spot intensify the incongruity of the scene, making him seem out of place, someone who seems lost in time.

FujiFilm X-T1
1/400s f/16.0 at 95.4mm iso800 full exif

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Phil Douglis06-Apr-2015 21:58
I take your comment as a compliment, Efraim. I agree that the colors appearing in these shadows seem to carry the look of pigment within them. The shadows abstract the image to a degree, and make the colors more subtle as a result.
Guest 06-Apr-2015 14:09
looks like painting
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