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Collection: Provence
Location: Arles, France
Date: Sep 29, 2007
Galleries: Black and White, Rural
Date Uploaded: Oct 16, 2007

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I find this "still life" bizarre and fascinating at the same time. This is in an old Provencal farmhouse owned by a couple of american expats, which may partly explain what you see :).

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10/20/2007 03:20:04 PM
Definitely a multipurpose room - the dogs even seem slightly ill at ease. The unusual jumble works, though - makes you stop and wonder about it.
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10/18/2007 01:18:06 AM
I really love the unrelatedness of this whole scene! A wonderful image to view and ponder... : )
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10/16/2007 07:27:08 PM
Originally posted by zeuszen:

After his private holdings were seized by the state, the Grand Duke chose to retreat to a poor old farmhouse in the French alps where he eeked out a meagre existence with his two dogs, Hotaya and Psovoi, until his mysterious demise in 1989. An autopsy revealed that he had ingested several family diamonds on the eve of his 10th year in exile.


you almost got it right :). But the actual names of these beautiful Russian wolfhounds (borzoi, in Russian) are Bala (after Balakirev) and Anya (presumably, after Anna Kerenina?).
10/16/2007 06:38:36 PM
After his private holdings were seized by the state, the Grand Duke chose to retreat to a poor old farmhouse in the French alps where he eeked out a meagre existence with his two dogs, Hotaya and Psovoi, until his mysterious demise in 1989. An autopsy revealed that he had ingested several family diamonds on the eve of his 10th year in exile.

Message edited by author 2007-10-16 18:51:09.
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10/16/2007 09:48:46 AM
Wonderful collection of stuff -- none of it seems to be related. I can look at this for a long time. The light on the white dog is fantastic. Nice processing, too.
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10/16/2007 08:47:20 AM
Daddy was dragged away before he could put his other sneaker on. It never occurred to the agents that there might be dogs in the house, dogs depending on drug money, dogs depending on the failure of the rule of law just to survive. The agents have their suspect and their evidence. The house lies silent. The long day hints of its end, of the cold night to come.
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10/16/2007 04:14:55 AM
i am sitting back listening to Rocky Votolato " portland is leaving"
"I'm a punch line who's punch-drunk
with my fist in a broken mirror / there's a party nearby / I can hear
laughter in the distance and it all comes clear / sounds to simple
love is the only answer / everything else is just a train wreck
I'm gonna stay up all night every night for the rest of my life / till
the lines around my eyes grow deeper and more defined / you might
ask me aren't you dead inside and so damn tired"

feels kind of fitting...
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