Earl Moore
Front Door - welcoming

I pay attention to front doors. When you arrive at a house for the first time it’s most often via the front door. It’s one of the first impressions of the house, the home and to some extent the owners. I enjoy practicing “reading” the story they seem to tell.

Earl Moore
Front Door - strong and safe

Some express welcome and informality, an invitation in warm weather to rest a while upon a protective porch before coming in for cool refreshments. Others say this place is a refuge from all that may occur on the outside, you may enter and be safe. Still others may say this place is about family above all else. Those who live here are greater together then they could ever be alone.

Now we all know that doors don’t talk and there’s seldom “writing upon the walls” to explain things. What I “read” is purely my own interpretation, through my own filters, of the visual impressions, building stories and emotions I perceive from them.

Earl Moore
Front Door - family

What is “read” is not as important as the act of “reading” itself. The better we are at “reading” images, discovering stories within, the better we become at “writing” or creating our own.

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Don
13 years ago

I like the special comment and thought about front doors. A good subject and fine picture to support the narrative.

Mark
13 years ago

It would make for a great photo essay… to photograph people’s front doors, and then the people behind them to see if you could find correlations.

Paul
13 years ago

Great post, Earl. I like your thoughts about doors and reading them. I agree with Mark, it would make a great photo essay, or perhaps something for SoFoBoMo. ;)

Anita Jesse
13 years ago

I’m on the bandwagon for this project and would be a cheerleader, if you take it on. But, I’m not going to stand behind you if you decide on the jump out of the bushes technique.

What a great project. These photos are lovely and your comments do a marvelous job of firing my imagination.

Alan M. Collopy
13 years ago

Earl,

I love the “American” look of this photo. Colors, details, and photographic skill. Well done.

Alan

Martina Egli
13 years ago

Fantastic post – I like your essay about front doors and can really relate to your thoughts. The composition and lighting in your photographs are absolutely wonderful. The way you captured the warm sun rays make every door welcoming ;) Brilliant work!

Monte Stevens
13 years ago

I have a series of images on doors, all sorts of doors. I find them interesting and some quite unique. You have a good idea going here, asking an interesting question, “How do our doors represent us?” I suggest you run with and agree with Anita, stay out of the bushes. I like the top image, if you were to ask. :-)