V-VII-III
Orange wall with graffiti
Passing Through
Taken at night, traveling by freight train through the train yard
Rivet
In a rusted steel plate
Striped Bollard
On a brick plaza
Warning Tiles
Safety tiles at the edge of the train platform in the B.A.R.T. station in San Francisco
Steel Forms
Concrete formwork stacked on a construction site
Scrapes
In this steel scrap with eroded orange paint
Seam
Old and newly painted road striping
Sprout
Life peeks out from this crack between this sidewalk and wall
Gasoline
Pick-up truck bed
Paint Splatter
On the sidewalk
Manhole
The faint trace of yellow striping marks where this manhole cover previously aligned with the stripe in the road
Traces
Staples and eroded paper from bills posted on this utility pole
Transom
Open transom window casts a shadow on an orange wall
Caution/Chain
Steel girder from moving crane
Cut
A severed section of steel track from this abandoned rail
Orange: A color between yellow and red in the spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 590 and 610 nm; reddish yellow.
This gallery explores the vivid expression of these warm hues as discovered in various scenes of the urban landscape. These images stand out and call attention to themselves. They express an energy, an aliveness, a radiance. This collage celebrates that expression.
