Living in close quarters

This is a black-and-white photograph of a government\'s tenement housing project photographed by Dominique James.

It is a stark black-and-white photograph that is rife with deep meaning. It can take on a heavily accented economic, social, or political angle, or, it could be nothing more than a trite, yet significant, commentary. This is an image that does not flinch, and is never apologetic. It delivers your message straight from the gut. It never meanders. If you want to portray a condition in either literal and symbolic sense, one that amply describes a situation in real or imagined terms, this is the kind of picture that will drive the point. There is both movement and stillness in this unusual photograph. Capturing a moment in time, a slice of the day-to-day mundane existence, gives it a sense of eerie stillness. But because of the graphic and repeating floor-by-floor treatment of the lines, there is flow that gently rocks the photograph from one side to the other. This concept of motion and non-motion is particularly poignant when trying to communicate a sense of order to an otherwise chaotic highlights. An almost graphic image such is this is a very powerful stock photograph. For inquires on this or any other stock photographs from this website, please send email to dominiquejames@mac.com.


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