On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree completely with all of the above: I prefer the person too! Cheers, > Christine I now think I know why I like her there: I've always found these floor-to-ceiling turnstiles to be incredibly dehumanizing. They look like they could chew a person up and spit them out the other side. The one on the left with glass windows look like they could get stuck and hold someone in their jaws, almost like keeping the person in a glass cage for public display. These things look diabolical! To me, the fact that the figure is silhouetted and only half in the frame speaks to her marginalization by these turnstiles, and speaks to the fact that the Toronto Transit Commision seems to care more about making sure that they don't lose the odd fare to turnstile jumpers than it does making it's paying patrons feel comfortable. Concrete, stainless steel and ceramic tiles abound in our subways, and these turnstiles, which are ubiquitous, only add to the hardness of the environment. So there... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
