Valdivia, Chile, S. America

November 2004

Silhouette 4. Silhouette of a bird shot through a colored tarp cover of a fish market.

"Silhouettes" were shot during a trip to Chile, South America in November of 2004. I had already spent several days exploring a colorful fish market in the coastal fishing town of Valdivia when accidentally glancing up the sun-lit multicolored and translucent tarp covers of the market, I saw a myriad of silhouettes of pelicans, ducks and sea gulls sitting above me, waiting for a tasty discard. Of course, as soon as I made that discovery, clouds begun rolling in and I had only an hour before the silhouettes disappeared altogether. It started raining the next day and I left town.

Velvia 50 slide film.