Trash Containers in an Alley

I guess you could call this the Ash Can School of Photography. This is the

second time I've photographed this alley; the first time was a couple of years

ago. It's funny how a certain arrangement of colors and shapes will snag your

attention.

It snagged mine, so, yes. Especially love the black area with the brown tape and the little square inside, and the four drains behind. 

I wonder how many are aware that the Ash Can School of art was a real thing?

We enjoy your fantasy inspired shots!

Hi Jack: So awfully missing your postings.....I dare say....hurtful.

No one but you can make a [seemingly] irrelevant trash can alley, be so utterly meaningful and transcendent. Who would actually stop, frame, compose, focus, look around the viewer to include every detail, take the time to "eavesdrop" on an empty alley full of trash cans? Who would even consider taking an image like this? NO ONE BUT YOU! Therein lies art and mastery! The unseen. The"so eviden"t that it is not worth it....or is it?? So much so, that it is demanding, reaching out with a soundless, void cry, and therefore, indispensable, necessary, utterly worth it! Minuscule details yell out to the viewer, like, for example, the sewer lid, the four recgangle steel registers on the floor......Totally disregarded by any, many passers by....but not you! So you see Jack, your effort does not go unnoticed, and far from it, it sends a resounding message of what spontaneity can deliver... A man walking with his camera, reaching out to deliver a message. Well my friend, you have.... DG