Proper Dress Required
by Lois Bryan
Title
Proper Dress Required
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Lois Bryan
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Photograph - Photography
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I love irony. In this case, the irony of the once bright (I imagine) brass plaque advising visitors that they must be properly dressed, hung just-so on an ornate but worn and somewhat grungy wooden door made me smile. The bright, lopsided reflection of the building across the street only added to the nature and aspirations of the somewhat incongruous little sign.
Seen on the door of an establishment in one of my favorite little towns, beautiful Ellicott City, Maryland, captured in June of 2008. Knowing this is the site of devastating recent floods, July 2016, it's my sincere hope that this establishment escaped harm.
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October 31st, 2016
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS! Your WONDERFUL image has been FEATURED on the home page of "SHOWCASING THE SOUTH” L. Please add the photo to the 2022 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” Thank you for participating in the group.
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS! This AMAZING image has been FEATURED on the home page of "Mid-Atlantic States of the USA” L. Thank you for participating in the group. Please add the photo to the 2022 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” Thank you for participating in the group.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Kathy Krause
Fantastic capture Lois! Love reflections and this one in the door window is awesome! L/F
Diane Schuster
Priceless image, Lois! I love how your framed the building across the street and how the right hand window is warped! Great eye for the unusual, I would say! l/f
Brian Commerford
Lois, Time is such a good make-up artist, changing the outer surface and giving new meanings.This picture is multi - layered and frames a whole story ! WONDERFUL !
Cheryl Rose
This is a fabulous wooden door with many stories to tell ... and I love the irony/humor you noted, Lois!! It still has the pride! I hope it survived the flooding, too. Wonderful capture and mood! l/f
Lois Bryan replied:
Very well said, Cheryl ... yes, the door, if not the owners of the establishment, still has his pride. I haven't visited Ellicott City since the flooding, but the city itself has surged to rebuild, and it has reopened for the public.
Stuart Harrison
Sometimes things just pop up that catch one's eye. I call them gems.....this fantastic work is one of them. A real "Gem". Well done Lois......well done
Lois Bryan replied:
Stuart, thank you ... yes so true ... fortunately this time I had my camera with me. Doesn't it bug the stuffinz out of you when you find one of those "gems" ... but ... no camera to hand????
Joel Bruce Wallach
This delightfully curious discovery has a quirky intriguing beauty of its own, Lois, and the warped reflection completes the scene!
Lois Bryan replied:
Huge thanks, Joel ... yes, it was a funny little thing to see on this worn old door. Shades of better days gone by, I think.
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