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Wouter Brandsma Registered: July 2010 Posts: 116	Shoppingless entry.
	· Date: Tue January 31, 2012 · Views: 172 ·
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	Keywords: Panasonic GF1 w/- Lumix 20/1.7, no shop, entry
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Tue January 31, 2012 8:01pm

stillshunter

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Registered: November 2010
Location: Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2,445

Very sad, but times and tastes just move on I suppose.

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Tue January 31, 2012 11:14pm

bartjeej
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Registered: November 2010
Posts: 1,554

That's a sad sight indeed! We've had some new business spaces built in the area, but it's taking very long for them to get rented out to actual businesses, which is also a pretty sad sight.

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Wed February 1, 2012 3:27am

Duane Pandorf

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Registered: April 2011
Location: Western NC
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I'm afraid it's the time we live in!

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Wed February 1, 2012 10:29am

bilzmale

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Registered: July 2010
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,669

A sign of the times accurately captured.

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Wed February 1, 2012 3:19pm

Luke

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Registered: November 2011
Location: Milwaukee, WI USA
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I don;t read anything into this shot. I just like the composition and contrast as an abstract image.

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Wed February 1, 2012 10:51pm

BBW

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Registered: July 2010
Location: Just outside of NYC
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A thought provoking image as well as an interesting one from a design perspective. What I can't get over is the image quality and the way we can see not just the reflection in those glass doors but through them out to the other side of the building. The lighting is really great the way it highlights the doors frame...and then seeing that loop, perhaps a blind's pull, over on the right... Well, it could make one think of a noose, though I'm not implying that that something you had in mind. I've been steeped in some rather graphic mysteries of late...that take place in either Sweden or Norway, and so my imagination is probably on overdrive.

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Thu February 2, 2012 5:18pm

Wouter Brandsma

Registered: July 2010
Posts: 116

So interesting how one image can have so many interpretations based on the subject and current economical context.

The title of the image, "shoppingless entry", is really an exact representation of the reality. I knew however that the setting could lead to several interpretations.

To make it clear. What you see is the entrance of a former department store. Yes, the store is closed. The reason is that its moved to a larger and newer building. The current building is sold and will be moved in parts elsewhere. You look from the outside through the glass door to the inside, but the rest of the building is already gone and you see the outside.

So while it seems or could be interpreted it felt victim of the current economical situation, it's business is actually thriving.

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