This photograph is part of a larger photojournalism project that involved doorways as part of an investigation into how COVID-19 has affected local bookstores. Not all the doorways that I photographed are in bookstores, but all doorways hold significance to the project because books are the doorways to both other worlds and a better understanding of our own. Doorways have a distinct sense of personality and possibility. This doorway is situated in the Queen Anne neighborhood. The detail in the border around the door, the brick, and the heavy looking wood doors all bring a sense of history and graceful age. I would personally pair this doorway with a historical fiction book or a contemplative autobiography. The framing of the doorway is important because I want you to feel the possibility of the door. You stand there, brass handle in front of you. What lays behind the door? Do you open it? Or do you move on?
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