- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
A little more than a year ago, a devastating wildfire burned more than a fifth of the small Oregon town where I live. Today much of what had been reduced to ashes is being rebuilt, but near downtown, the skeleton of a grand old building - that was once a museum-like warehouse-shop of Asian antiques - still stands, as a reminder to the suddenness of the blaze that took so much in less than a day. I wandered around it with the PL15 lens on my GX9, and took a series of shots using the l.monochrome.d in-camera monochrome filter setting.
This first image sums much of it up - looking out through what were once windows, at another part of the downtown which was miraculously spared.
There is something grand about the front facade of the building.
Moving to the left, gave me a totally different perspective.
As did moving to the right of the facade, revealing portions of the Cascade mountains to the northeast.
Moving inside, one is immediately aware of the absence of what had once been a roof - and different large spaces and perspectives open up.
Stepping all the way to front left edge of the building gives one more perspective.
From one inside window, one can see the silhouetted shape of a tree that burned as well.
Other small windows reveal portions of the outside world.
A larger window shows that an enterprising mobile food-cart-bake-shop is now a neighbor in the post-apocalyptic period.
I like this reverse angle, looking back towards what was the front of the building.
Over this corner, the cloudy sky (threatening rain) makes one aware, again, of the absence of any roof.
My final image, of a passing young parent pushing his baby stroller, gives hope for perhaps a more vibrant future.
This first image sums much of it up - looking out through what were once windows, at another part of the downtown which was miraculously spared.
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There is something grand about the front facade of the building.
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Moving to the left, gave me a totally different perspective.
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As did moving to the right of the facade, revealing portions of the Cascade mountains to the northeast.
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Moving inside, one is immediately aware of the absence of what had once been a roof - and different large spaces and perspectives open up.
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Stepping all the way to front left edge of the building gives one more perspective.
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From one inside window, one can see the silhouetted shape of a tree that burned as well.
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Other small windows reveal portions of the outside world.
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A larger window shows that an enterprising mobile food-cart-bake-shop is now a neighbor in the post-apocalyptic period.
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I like this reverse angle, looking back towards what was the front of the building.
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Over this corner, the cloudy sky (threatening rain) makes one aware, again, of the absence of any roof.
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My final image, of a passing young parent pushing his baby stroller, gives hope for perhaps a more vibrant future.
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