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09-JUN-2007

Red Chevrolet, Petaluma, California, 2007

Some of us are old enough to remember when cars like this one were objects of envy. Today, cars with tail fins are either expensively restored or junked. This one is neither. It is simply and old car parked on a street, in a neighborhood of vintage houses – as if it has always belonged there. I built this image around a series of pairings – roof to chrome strip, post-to-post, chrome-to-chrome, and fin-to-fin. The dappled softness of the shadows on the rich red body adds a touch of nostalgia to a subject already reveling in it.

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Phil Douglis19-Jun-2007 23:16
The angles do suggest the rakish design of the classics, Carol. The Chevy has good bones -- even today, its lines
suggest speed.
Carol E Sandgren19-Jun-2007 21:46
I love how the angles mimic each other in your composition of a fine classic car. The shadows also seem to compliment them as well.
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