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may 2005 ruth hanson

at the arc de triomphe


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Guest 19-Jul-2007 21:46
Very nice composition. Great point of view.
Guest 06-Feb-2007 02:58
ooooo this one's really good!
Guest 12-Jun-2006 14:36
Love this version too. V
Guest 12-Aug-2005 11:27
Wonderful image, voted x
Guest 25-May-2005 14:11
probably my fav of the gallery, voted

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Magda 25-May-2005 11:06
The fact that you are showing the stairwell from the top means that you have actually reached there, not sure if there are any more stope further up, could be from where i stand i am not sure, but it looks like you have alrady climbed a lot, walking away from memories of past and the higher you go the lighter you feel, up up up. Now you are up and looking down and realising your achievement.

You portray somebody going back down, but not you, you stand firmly in your place,.but feel sorry for that person there going back down, you almost want to reach out and stop her
ruthemily25-May-2005 06:35
i didn't want to walk back down these stairs. i climbed to the top...i did it...i didn't want to spiral all the way back down.
Phil Douglis25-May-2005 05:30
You have taken the art of a spiral staircase and made it your own here, Ruthie, by waiting for a disembodied visitor to flow across the top of this image as a ghostly vision. The stairs twist down into an infinite spiral, representing a journey, perhaps an entire life. Once we begin to descend, there is no turning back. Your faded visitor, the only color in the picture, will soon disappear, and so may all who follow. You abstract the image by beheading the visitor, and desaturating the stairwell itself. It is an incongruous sight, and one that expresses its human values by symbolizing a life as a one-way, downhill journey.
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