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A man walks past a San Francisco construction zone.
The scene is along a San Francisco street torn up for the construction of the new underground rail route from near the Caltrain station to the Chinatown District. Although this is often a crowded area, filled with commuters walking between the train station and downtown destinations, I found a moment in January 2019 when only a single figure appeared in the scene. (And while this evokes the empty quality of downtown areas today during the corona virus emergency, this photograph was made a year ago.)
You can look at this photograph (or not!?) in a variety of ways. The first things that caught my attention were geometries and colors. (Obvious) hint: lots of rectangles, horizontal lines, and reddish tones. I waited for the solitary figure to walk through the scene. If you look closely enough to see him you can find one of the several possible reasons for the title of the photograph, and perhaps you might intuit at least one more.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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