I was driving south on Glen Cove Avenue, which is the dividing line between Sea Cliff on one side and Glen Cove on the other. It is a main road with all kinds of nice stores along it, like a CVS and Starbucks, and 7-11, and our favorite grocery store. On this day what caught me was the light illuminating this building with two empty stores in it. I used to buy wine in the liquor store, and I don't know why they moved away. I really can't remember what the other store looked like when it was open. But to see this building now that looks almost derelict was such a shock. It must have been the light. So I parked my car and did several different views. This was the view that stopped me at first.
But in editing, I felt that the original view did not give enough of a sense of how derelict these stores looked. I had shot this view, of course, because that's what I do - I try a number of different angles and then see which feels right, or which communicates better the sense of what I felt when I took the photograph. So that's why I am including this photograph. It doesn't seem as artistic but it does a better job of showing what I felt when I really looked that this building carefully, on this day.
1 comment:
It is sad that a wellness center went out of business. But it is unusual for a liquor store to close up because everyone goes to them all year round in any kind of weather!! betsey
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