The Human World

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Image 1. This statue of Prometheus, bringer of fire, chained to a rock while a vulture gnaws eternally at his liver, is on the tomb of Paul Boucherot, "Commandeur de la legion d'Honneur, 1869-1943."

Image 2. A man and his father

Image 3. What looks like a gravestone behind him is the radiator.

Image 4. A broken photo

Image 5. This is not a double-exposure, but a stained glass window
seen through a glass door that reflects the trees and sky behind me.

Image 6. Père Lachaise in autumn

Image 7. A smile and a look

Image 8. Swiecinska tomb

Image 9. Journoud Durand photo

Image 10. Oscar Wilde tomb. The penis was stolen soon after the statue was unveiled in the 1920's; when I last saw the tomb it was covered with red kisses.

Image 11. The tomb of the artist Auguste Rubin, 1841-1909. The spot
of bare metal is the result of people rubbing the statue.

Image 12. The epitaph for Valerio reads,
"He loved Stendhal, Pavarotti, Gamine, Pink Floyd. But at 29 years..."

Image 13. "Henri Mortier, Membre de la Commune"

Image 14. Crumbling stone

Image 15. Stained glass in the back wall of a sepulcher

Image 16. A violinist

Image 17. Lemoine photo

Image 18. Woman warrier

Image 19. A World War I soldier

Image 20. An old, deteriorating memorial

The Human World

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