Notes on Image

Gallery 1: 8. Barbed Wire Fence (March 2007 in Toronto)

12x18 inches. Canon Rebel XT with Canon 35 mm lens; 1/500 second; f/13; ISO 200.

I photographed this barbed wire fence behind a Wal-Mart store in Scarborough that had closed to relocate to an even bigger building. I love the organic lines of the plastic scraps blowing in the wind, but I find the image depressing. It makes me think of the way that routine and convention can crush individual creativity. (Perhaps I am just having a flashback to high school.)

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All images © Tom Onyshko, 2008