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Image ID# 6873
Purchase A License To Use This Image Buy A Print Or Product Featuring This ImageIn this concept stock picture an African American man, wearing a business suit, opens a door only to be confronted by a solid brick wall. This photograph illustrates the challenges and obstacles, the adversity, that faces many of us, ethnic or not, in both life and business. Because this is a picture of a man in a business suit the image can easily be about executives and about business. The fact that it is a single individual adds to the possibilities for small business use.
When creating a stock photo depicting challenge, adversity and obstacles, I chose to use the symbols of an opening door and a brick wall. What could be worse than opening a door, expecting opportunity, results and resolution, only to find a solid brick wall halting your progress and ending your hopes? The power of that metaphor is the key building block for this stock photo. In addition, to make this image a versatile and flexible as possible, I crafted it so that it can be easily cropped vertically, horizontally, and as a square format. I have also provided plenty of room for headlines, body copy and mastheads. Each element, the wall, the floor, the man and the door were photographed separately and composited together in Photoshop.
A picture of a brick wall is something that very likely comes to mind when we try and put concepts such as adversity, obstacles and challenges into a visual form. When we think of opportunity and progress open door naturally come to mind. Here we have created a photo of opportunity denied, progress thwarted, and a brick wall behind an open door as a compelling and impactfull advertising and editorial visual.
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