Figure 1 – The elephant, the bat, and the quid pro quo. Salem, MA, (c) DE Wolf 2019.

The image of Figure 1 is another from last Thursday’s Salem Halloween parade. The blue elephant man with his striped sweater is what attracted me to this group. An elephant, a bat, and a cookie. Not sure what to make of this last figure. Perhaps he is dressed as a quid pro quo! This particular image was shot in front of the well-lit Peabody Essex Museum, and so there was little problem with the exposure. I was most attracted by the variety and intensity of color. I had thought to take the image into PRISMA and stylize it, but decided in the end that it was incongruous enough due to its composition – almost like a comic book.