This is a picture within a picture.
I sent an image, shadow self-portrait, I took while hiking in California to a friend in Brighton, who pinned it to his wall and added a shadow of his own. So it's two layers deep, now, California/Brighton [via Paris].
Would anyone like to add a layer from somewhere else in the world? What you add doesn't need to be a shadow ...
So I begin: The original picture was taken during a faaabulous hike near Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada [California]. The area is extraordinarily beautiful to begin with but, in addition, my hiking partners plied us all with herb! I'd never hiked high before, heheh, and I've rarely had more fun with my cameras than on that occasion : )
It was afternoon, we were hiking down from Round Lake, where we'd picnicked.
As for the second layer, it was created by Andrew, a bright funny person, in Brighton, whose apartment is inundated with afternoon sun.
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Images don't have to be of people. I've got a complete blank right now! Ad astra per aspera
Iwo Jima, 1945
Times Square, VJ Day, Aug 14, 1945
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Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
The kiss sculpture is in Sarasosta. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
