This composition, discovered during a short stroll I took while retrieving a (different) print I'd entered into an art exhibit last month, caught my eye both due to the unusual placement of a large bit of piping as well as its playful movement . . . The rock seemingly balancing on the fence edge provides a solid echo to the otherwise dominating geometric loop below.
There's another, subtler interpretation at hand: the spiral form arcing across the plate evokes the notion of a subatomic particle trace; this theory is bolstered by the textual imprint (alto voltaje — high voltage — is a prerequisite for such etchings) as well as by the surprising presence of a spherical form symbolizing the swift conjecture.
(Palo) Alto Voltaje, #1537
© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: April 30, 2011; Canon 20D; f/11 @ 1/320 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 100; 412mm.
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