Dominic Holden

My iPhone’s camera exposure settings are automatic, and in the overcast lighting this afternoon, the images would only balance when I pointed the camera away from the sky. So I turned it down to the sidewalk and flipped it back up to snap a picture before the exposure could reset. The result was good color and a warped image.

The distortion is a bit like certain arguments over the demolition of this block of Pine Street between Belmont and Summit Avenues. The proposed new development is a net loss for the neighborhood, I think. It will bring more density. But the sorts of small independent shops and bars formerly on the block have no affordable alternatives in the area, and they won’t be able to afford the new development’s larger retail spaces, either. It permanently displaces unique amenities that made the block a valuable, vibrant contributer to Capitol Hill, with something ordinary.

This is Kincora, Manray and Bus Stop, rendered into fibers.