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I'm an explorer. My entire life, I've been driven by the impulse to take the back route, the debris-strewn alley, the hole in the chainlink that forms a passage between here and there that most walk right past. Natürlich, I have always been drawn to the subject of Fences in my photography. A fence forms a barrier between here and there - a stockade carrying the artifice of separation between you and what lies beyond. A fence can be emblematic of claims to dominion over an area - a subtle way of saying This is mine - and you're not allowed in. Photographing fences, then, allows us to enter these spaces visually, subverting the builder's intentions, and to form a discussion between the interior and exterior that becomes formed. Post your favorite photographs of fences in here - yours, or someone else's. Here's a few I'd like to start with.    
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Stunning work, thanks for sharing
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May 23, 2019 22:59
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Oops, forgot to credit. First photo is unknown - found it on a photo thread on SA. Rest are mine.
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This one is my favorite because it so easily subverts the traditionally held notion that fences are an effective means of control over space. The plastic chair on the ground is the fallen throne of he (because of course it's a he) that would reign over his dominion. EDIT: The use of found imagery serves to remind us that copyright law, like fences, is ineffectual at preventing artistic expression, despite the wishes of those who stand to gain from controlling it.
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MrBlandAverage posted:This one is my favorite because it so easily subverts the traditionally held notion that fences are an effective means of control over space. The plastic chair on the ground is the fallen throne of he (because of course it's a he) that would reign over his dominion. I think you've captured a bit of why I like that one. Also, I really didn't mean anything by posting it without credit. If the original creator here speaks up I'll gladly edit in a photo credit 
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The Xkdc Larper posted:I think you've captured a bit of why I like that one. Also, I really didn't mean anything by posting it without credit. If the original creator here speaks up I'll gladly edit in a photo credit I didn't make the photograph but I did erect the fence depicted.
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Realize my photos of fences probably aren't the most inspiring ones ever taken  Here's a few that I really enjoy. Marion Belanger  Mitch Epstein  Robert Adams  Barbara Bosworth  Ansel Adams My favorite is the Barbara Bosworth one, even though it sorta contradicts what I'm saying in the OP.
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May 23, 2019 23:23
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 Stephen Shore, New York, New York, 1974, stereo slide
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May 23, 2019 23:29
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MrBlandAverage posted:
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May 23, 2019 23:37
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pics i took of fences over the years: Portable Toilets by Tom Olson, on Flickr Parliament by Tom Olson, on Flickr Marktown by Tom Olson, on Flickr Skyline by Tom Olson, on Flickr Kiev, pre-apocalypse by Tom Olson, on Flickr
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Jun 13, 2019 03:03
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Stay off my goddamn lawn, OP!
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 IMG_6069.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  IMG_5310.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  IMG_5118.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  Disassembled MiG-25 by Iain Compton, on Flickr
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Jun 14, 2019 05:08
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RangerScum posted:
Really like these, especially this one. It's delightfully absurd
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A couple from the LARPchives, from most to least recent:    
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RangerScum posted:pics i took of fences over the years: Top fencing, Tom.      I look foward to the walls thread.
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Jun 23, 2019 17:01
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Really like the last two. Make the thread!
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That silt fencing is not gonna hold. 
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Jun 24, 2019 20:23
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They say good fences make good posters. My fence is kind of a piece of junk.
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Is that last one Hadrian’s Fence? God, just imagine living next to the picts. They’d make the Bumpuses look like the Cleavers. e: On second look, that appears to be a more run-of-the-mill drystone wall. What I said about the picts still stands though. 
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Jun 25, 2019 02:47
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Yeah no it's a random wall in the Lake District, I think Hadrian rubbed off on them when it comes to organizing sheep.
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More like the sheep rubbed off on them IYKWIM.
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gently caress it, fences      Okay that last one is kind of a stretch, but whatever.
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I'm a big fan of this one. Not much other than industrial land around here to shoot on my lunch break. 
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Jun 27, 2019 12:07
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Here’s my fencing response.    It’s electric, boogie woogie. No seriously, it’s an electric fence. Edit: also I hosed the horizon on that last one because it’s a TLR and I didn’t account for the shooting lens. Pretend the post is about 2 inches taller.
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Jun 27, 2019 19:17
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Nice. 
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Nice. You’ve got straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, crooked line, and a bunch more straight lines. It’s scratching something in my brain and I like it.
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Krispy Wafer posted:You’ve got straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, crooked line, and a bunch more straight lines. It’s scratching something in my brain and I like it. Good phtoography is visual asmr
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Jun 30, 2019 15:11
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I just want to say I am glad I made this thread. Really fantastic stuff so far. Keep it up yall.
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Nice. Wow. Its rare to see so much death and decay compressed into one picture - the ceaseless erosion and rise of our oceans, the rotting bridge, the abandoned railroad tracks reminding of us a bygone age of optimism and trust in the systems of capitalism we now see in their twilight years. I really like it.
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 Nob Hill, Albuquerque. A no-mans' land, a home to no life other than black widows and the odd wandering coyote or houseless person seeking respite for the night. Walking through the nexus of gentrification in South Albuquerque, I was drawn to this little street's deceptively normal appearance on the map and its wild nature only feet from manicured lawns and trendy renovated homes.
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