Art

Demolition View and Home Saint by David August

Partially demolished red building with a doorway still visible. The photograph was taken at a slightly offset angle, where paved ground is visible on the bottom of the image. Above the building, the sky is bright blue with wispy white clouds.

Demolition View: photograph, shot on iPhone

Black and white photograph of a small altar of a saint between two door ways, with a decorative metal lamp hanging from the ceiling. The door on the left is made of dark, striated wood, with a plant sitting slightly off center to the very left edge of the image. The door on the right has an iron grate over a textured glass pane that covers the upper half of the door, which is also made of dark wood.

Home Saint: photograph, shot on iPhone


Artist’s Note: One is a demolition site and the other is the entryway to a somewhat dilapidated but still inhabited house. Both times, I was driving by and couldn’t resist stopping to take a picture. That dilapidated house really caught my eye, probably because of the contrast between the vivid colors and the building’s state of decay. I returned to the site twice and created at least four pieces from the photos I took.

David August lives in São Paulo, Brazil, and works in human rights advocacy. His stories have appeared in 3:AM Magazine, Bright Flash Literary Review, and The Rumen, among others. His photographs are forthcoming in Glassworks Magazine, The Argyle Literary Magazine, Third Wednesday, Perceptions, and Arkana.

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