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vergess · 1 year ago

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Photograph of a pile of rubble, mostly bricks and concrete. In the background, smoke or fog drifts past leafless trees. A massive sign reading "BEAUTY" dominates the image, with rubble covering anything else that might have been said.

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#OH I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN ASS DESCRIBING ART PHOTOS #I TRY TO KEEP IT LITERAL BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS #Like am I supposed to mention that the leafless trees and the mostly grey and brown palette of the sky and bricks #Make the artificial red of the sign all the more catching?#Do I talk about the shot composition making it clear that this is one store in a long plaza likely in the US or Canada #Leaving the viewer to wonder if there were other stores similarly demolished or if this one was a standout?#Or should I instead say it is clear that this sign once said something more #Beauty shop or beauty parlor or beauty salon or or or #But that the unfinished ambiguity is only emphasized by the vacant ruins where the rest of the sign would have been?#WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY OH MY GOD #Um anyway it you're the photographer and you're reading this #Fuckin um #Good job I love it

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