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Artist: Ursula Rodgers
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A woman stares up at the wall of a car park in Toronto, as if trying to work out what the image on it meant. No, I didn’t understand what it meant either! I did love its abstract quality however.

Canon EOS 450D. 18 – 55 mm EFS lens. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Featured in Just Walls, September 2009.

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Nathalie Chaput

Great Shot Ursula!
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thanks Nathalie! :)
Johanne Brunet

I can’t stop going back to it trying to interpret what I see. There’s a hand giving a fish to someone (to the man in the portrait, or is it his hand?) Is the fish to illustrate the proverb that giving a man a fish will feed him for a day? It might also be the old symbol of Christianity. I dunno…

Great capture in any case, and I love that the woman is there, looking at it. :-)
Ursula Rodgers replied

Jo, your guess is as good as mine! (well, actually better, because at least you had a guess!). I saw it from afar and just had to get over to it to have a better look! Lucky for me the woman in my shot turned up at the same time, and showed an interest in it :)
monocotylidono

Love the title and the moment – Maybe the point is that each of us is supposed to interpreted differently? Great shot Ursula.
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thanks George! I am definitely all for ‘open’ interpretation. What I love about any kind of visual art is the impression it gives different people, and how they respond to it as an individual :)
Vikram Franklin

Yep – that would be me there standing there, staring and wondering too!!
What is it??
Great ‘moment’ of capture Ursula!
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thankyou Vikram!! Me, I was attracted to the contrast between colour and black and white when I saw this :) It wasn’t until I got closer that I started wondering what it might mean!
Ric Alexander

Oh, Ive looked at this long and hard and my mind is saying to me this is someone who attempted to break free of something, but keeps being held back. first breaking through the door, Only to find his own conscience has laid a rope there, to keep him in. Its the only thing that is in my head. Wonder if I am close?
Ursula Rodgers replied

I think this could represent different ideas to different people, but I love your interpretation of it Ric, as I can see what you see :)
grimduke1

.....Is it, there’s this old man (obviously Russian) and he’s been wallpapering his lounge (with that horrible patterned paper) while eating his tea. When he’s finished, he notices a lump in the wallpaper. He goes over to it and tears a piece back, and lo & behold one of the fishes from his tea has somehow got trapped under the wallpaper!

Great image by the way! It’s like an abstract with-in an abstract!
Ursula Rodgers replied

LOL! It could very easily be that as well…he he he he! Love it ;) Glad you like the image too…aren’t you glad I posted it?
cyclops

is the person in poster…albert einstein?
Simply don’t ‘ve words for this specially after all being said…except U’ve done grt work again :)
Ursula Rodgers replied

Pretty sure it’s not Einstein :) Thankyou so much for your lovely comment!
Ric Alexander

If we are looking for names, Maybe it could be….saddam hussain !!!!!
Ursula Rodgers replied

Yikes! Now that would be scary!
IRISHPIX

This is just awesome Ursula~~.
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thankyou so much! :)
rodeorose

The photo is nice anyway, but the collage has me totally stumped. So fragmented and the guy is so swarthy I’m almost scared to keep looking. Photo works! Nice one Ursula.
Ursula Rodgers replied

Cheers! I know what you mean…I stood there looking at it thinking ‘huh’? Then I thought the longer I kept looking at it, the more chance of making some sense of it. It didn’t happen ;)
Barbara Glatzeder

lol, I stared so hard to see what it actually was that I totally missed the woman and the car! :-))) Very strange indeed. Is all of that painted on that wall?
Ursula Rodgers replied

LOL! It certainly was! Don’t worry, even when I was there it was still messing with my head!
lloydwakeling

Loving all of your work at the moment Ursula….some amazing stuff….in both personalities!!!
Ursula Rodgers replied

ha! Cheers my friend! :))
richman

love this piece of art ursula
Just Walls
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thankyou so much Richie :) I will definitely check out Just Walls!
Susan Kimball

Great eye Ursula, wonderful work!
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thanks so much Susan!
Shelly Hiebert

This rocks! Have no idea how to interpret it but I love it. And the fact that you have the woman in there staring at it is priceless :D
Ursula Rodgers replied

She couldn’t have timed her arrival any better! Thanks again Shell :))
Trish Woodford

What a great piece, such a wonderful find and capture Ursula
Ursula Rodgers replied

Thankyou Trish! :)