Broken Umbrellas
| BROKEN UMBRELLAS Broken umbrellas, abandoned, trashed and destroyed umbrellas. Umbrella is a word derived from Latin: umbra meaning shade or shadow. It is a hand held device to protect from the rain or snow and parasol is generally used to protect from the sun rays. It was used in Persia, ancient Egypt, Greece as early as the 5th century BC and also by the romans but it 's use seems to have been restricted to women only mainly as protection from the sun. For men to use them was considered a sign of effeminacy. Also there are references that it was used by the Chinese as early as the first century BC. In the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe was a fashion statement and there are numerous examples in paintings from this period (Monet, Manet, etc) It is also called gamp, brolly, umbrellery, or bumbershoot. |
| Crushed umbrella |
| Umbrellas in the trash |
| Broken umbrella |
| Remains |
| Umbrella's structure |
| Brown umbrella |
| Brolly in the trash |
| Umbrella & fire hydrant |
| Umbrella in the trash |
| Black umbrella |
| Ruined umbrella |
| Umbrella by hydrant |
| Black |
| Orange |
| Umbrella under a fence II |
| Umbrella under a fence |
| Black umbrella II |
| Multicolor umbrella II |
| Pink shadow II |
| Pink shadow |
| Multicolor umbrella |
| Paraguas dorado |
| Paraguas rosado |
| Blue umbrella |
| Paraguas azul |
| Beige umbrella |
| Green and red |
| Broken umbrellas |
| Gamp on the street |
| Abandoned |
| Hanging out |
| Bumbershoot |
| Crushed by a car |
| On the sidewalk |
| Umbrellas on a tree |
| Green umbrella |
| Red umbrella II |
| Insect |
| Flat and Wet |
| Against the grille |
