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There was a phase when I kept placing my wife in front of beautiful scenes - not to make a lovely portrait for the family album, but simply to give the landscape some scale. This photo is from that era. I’d copied the idea from photographers who put a tiny person in a grand, dramatic backdrop. Fantastic images, of course… and yet, gloriously cliché. Whenever I see one, I roll my eyes - and admire it anyway.

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Square black-and-white photograph. In the foreground, a path made of wooden boards covered with wire mesh stretches toward the background. The mesh catches the light and creates a pattern of small, bright highlights. At the far end of the path stands a single person in silhouette, facing away from the camera. Above them, the sun shines through mist or low clouds, forming a vertical beam of light. Sparse, leafless shrubs frame the scene on both sides, while fog softens the distant landscape. The low viewpoint emphasizes the textured surface leading directly to the figure and the bright sun above.
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