Almost Home

by Connie Fox

Title

Almost Home

Artist

Connie Fox

Medium

Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo

Description

View of the interior of a home under construction in Texas, as viewed by an iPhone held up to the hole where the doorknob would be. The door could not be opened, so the prospective owner was unable to get in. Instead, she held her phone up to the small hole, which frames this picture and took a shot. The camera then captured what was not visible to the human eye. Where she had seen only a dark hole and no subject, there was lots of work in progress in the interior and, on the far wall, a symbol that reminded her who was, and is, in charge: the Project Manager, or Master Carpenter, seen in the cross.

One year after move-in, this new owner weathered Hurricane Harvey here, including 26 tornados that passed directly over this area. Though trapped by a moat of water, no flooding. Not a single stone out of place. Her former home, sold for a fresh start after the death of a loved one, was all but destroyed.

Available in black-and-white, this color version in neutral brown tones would serve as an unusual conversation piece for home or office. Could be construed as religious or symbolic, a wild-and-crazy shot that might not have worked, but did. An exterior shot of an interior. No sky, no people. Just floor and walls covered with paper, making some walls look a bit crooked. A story-telling scene and lesson learned: Take a chance. Point your camera and take a shot. It might not turn out. Then again, it might. What if you forever missed seeing what was really there in full view, and you were only temporarily blocked from entering.

Copyright 2016 Connie Fox
All Rights Reserved
iPhone 5c

FEATURED on the homepage of Premium FAA Artists and Arches--For Artists and Buyers, January 2017, iPhone Photography, July 2019, and Camera Art, November 2019; Seen But Not Noticed and Images That Excite You, March 2021, and Vertical Images, May 2021.

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December 13th, 2016

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