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Tile Doorway Portrait
A Chicago Chinatown street note on patterned tile, doorway shade, and a portrait held by architecture.
Chicago Chinatown gives this portrait its frame.
The patterned tile and doorway shade hold the person in place without turning the scene into a backdrop. The architecture has its own presence, but it still leaves room for the face and posture.
I like street portraits where the location is specific enough to matter. A doorway, a tile pattern, and a patch of shade can carry a lot of place.
Travel photography works best for me when people and streets belong to each other in the frame.
