This picture is focused mainly on the contrast between buildings in an urban setting. This picture is divisible into three segments; the left side, the upper right, and the lower right. The entirety of the left side is an awkwardly designed parking garage. The letters “A” “R” and “K” are pictured above the opening and below a circular pattern design. The design consists of large circles, with four smaller circles in them, stacked in a grid style, seemingly forever, as the building is cut off only a few stories up. The upper right side serves as the background, with an extremely large but simple building, topped with a clock and an antenna which divides the picture almost perfectly down the middle. The top right corner is superseded by another seemingly infinitely tall building. Between the antenna building and the far right building is a clear blue sky. However, the lower right is the abstract part of the picture. The plain colored but monumental buildings are framing a single story and slightly narrow building with a vibrant red brick face. This building, or “Gus’ Barbeque”, is the first thing which the eye is attracted to, as Gus’ Barbeque stands out from the buildings and the plain street.
This picture is seemingly meaningless to the isolated viewer. There is nothing outstanding to be noted, and nothing that seems to be taking place as the picture is void of any people or things besides the buildings. However, some imagination led me to believe that this was a farewell picture to Gus’ Barbeque. Established in 1925, Gus’ seems extraordinarily overwhelmed by the architecture around it. The contrast really makes it seem like perhaps this is the end of Gus’ business, and this is the last picture of the establishment. This photo is somewhat somber; all of big buildings seemingly bullied Gus’ into leaving, and the last bit of excitement in this bland urban landscape is going to go away forever. The contrast of the colors is only paralleled by the contrast of the past and the future.
This picture is seemingly meaningless to the isolated viewer. There is nothing outstanding to be noted, and nothing that seems to be taking place as the picture is void of any people or things besides the buildings. However, some imagination led me to believe that this was a farewell picture to Gus’ Barbeque. Established in 1925, Gus’ seems extraordinarily overwhelmed by the architecture around it. The contrast really makes it seem like perhaps this is the end of Gus’ business, and this is the last picture of the establishment. This photo is somewhat somber; all of big buildings seemingly bullied Gus’ into leaving, and the last bit of excitement in this bland urban landscape is going to go away forever. The contrast of the colors is only paralleled by the contrast of the past and the future.
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