VALLEY OF SHADOWS

 

“Love is, after all, a selfish thing;

and it throws a black shadow on anything

between which and the light it stands.”

 

~ Bram Stoker ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sculpture (detail) by Antoine Bourdelle taken in Paris in June 2019.

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BAREFOOT GIRL

 

“Being naked approaches being revolutionary;

going barefoot is mere populism.” 

 

~ John Updike ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in January 2020.

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PROMISED LAND

 

“They say that the truth will set you free,

but then again, so will a lie.

It depends if you’re trying to get to the promised land

or if you’re just trying to get by.”

 

~ Ani DiFranco ~

 

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

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LUSH

 

“Savor with me the lushness of a lingering sleep…

and last night’s dream.”

 

~ Sanober Khan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 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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FRAISE

 

“Strawberry fields forever”

 

~ John Lennon ~

 

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

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TREE FEATHERED SLOPES

 

“Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets.

To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.”

 

~ Aldo Leopold ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2017.

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L’ENVIE

 

“Why should I be ashamed to describe

what nature was not ashamed to create?”

 

~ Pietro Aretino ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art on a preserved section of the Berlin Wall taken in Berlin in January 2018.

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THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL

 

“Black as the devil, hot as hell,

pure as an angel, sweet as love.”

 

~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand ~

 

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

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