Matt Blaze on Nostr: The composition plays with the contrast between the ambitiously-sized sign and the ...
The composition plays with the contrast between the ambitiously-sized sign and the humble store. The photo is all about shapes and scale.
This is also a nod to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting, American Gothic. (See https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6565/american-gothic). It was inspired by an grandiose, ornate attic window in an otherwise humble rural farmhouse that Wood happened upon during a road trip. The absurdly oversized arrow sign here reminded me of that.
This is also a nod to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting, American Gothic. (See https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6565/american-gothic). It was inspired by an grandiose, ornate attic window in an otherwise humble rural farmhouse that Wood happened upon during a road trip. The absurdly oversized arrow sign here reminded me of that.