About the only kind of haircut that would fit in a place like this.
4 thoughts on “POTD: High and Tight”
Carolyn A Fifer
I find the alley uncomfortable. Completely ruins the symmetry of the scene. Not a photographic error it’s more of a zoning issue. Probably a legal requirement to maintain the alley but it messes with my desire to see all things neat and orderly.
Two things came to mind when I read your comment Carol. One is that good art sometimes makes you uncomfortable (not that because this photo makes you uncomfortable necessarily means it’s good art). Another concerns your comment about symmetry. I learned (or possibly made up myself) the phrase “symmetry is a highly overrated concept.” That has some interesting implications for art for sure but symmetry is also a big deal in theoretical physics. So, if you want to see a nuclear physicist get spun up in a hurry, slip that comment into a conversation. I know, I tried it a couple of times just for fun with the physicists I worked with at the Idaho National Laboratory back in the day.
Finally I should add that I actually wasn’t too crazy about that gap between the buildings myself, at least at first. But along with the also odd mismatch in building heights, I think it provides a big source of visual interest in the composition. And pragmatically, I will note that spaces between buildings like that were often used, and sometimes required, in order to help prevent or at least slow down the spread of fires from buildings to buildings.
I find the alley uncomfortable. Completely ruins the symmetry of the scene. Not a photographic error it’s more of a zoning issue. Probably a legal requirement to maintain the alley but it messes with my desire to see all things neat and orderly.
Two things came to mind when I read your comment Carol. One is that good art sometimes makes you uncomfortable (not that because this photo makes you uncomfortable necessarily means it’s good art). Another concerns your comment about symmetry. I learned (or possibly made up myself) the phrase “symmetry is a highly overrated concept.” That has some interesting implications for art for sure but symmetry is also a big deal in theoretical physics. So, if you want to see a nuclear physicist get spun up in a hurry, slip that comment into a conversation. I know, I tried it a couple of times just for fun with the physicists I worked with at the Idaho National Laboratory back in the day.
Finally I should add that I actually wasn’t too crazy about that gap between the buildings myself, at least at first. But along with the also odd mismatch in building heights, I think it provides a big source of visual interest in the composition. And pragmatically, I will note that spaces between buildings like that were often used, and sometimes required, in order to help prevent or at least slow down the spread of fires from buildings to buildings.
I’m not sure what is at the end of the alley, but it might have added an interesting element if a person were caught passing that gap.
That, or maybe a person going into or coming out of the barber shop itself.