THE SLAVE

 

“If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?”

 

~ Mary Astell ~

 

Digitally edited and enhanced image created from an original photo (detail) of the painting “A vendre, esclaves au Caire” by Jean-Léon Gérôme taken in Paris in June 2019.

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ALWAYS THERE

 

“It is one of the superstitions of the human mind

to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2019.

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COQUETTE

 

“Marriage is the tomb of friendship.”

 

~ Hannah Webster Foster ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sketch by V. Manzano taken in Paris in June 2019.

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NYMPH

 

“Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered!”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in February 2018.

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