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INCREDIBLE SIMILARITY BETWEEN MY OLD PHOTO TAKEN IN ITALY IN 2019 AND INFRA SHOOT OF PAINTING OPHELIA (JOHN EVERETTE MILLAIS) FOUND ACCIDENTALLY ONE DAY DOING SOME RESEARCH FOR PAINTING TECHNIQUES.

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THE INFRA PICTURE OF THE PAINTING REMINDED ME THIS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL BUT DARK CAVE IN SOME WAY, AND MY PHOTO, ON THE OTHER HAND, RADIATES AN OPEN SPACE AND PEACE.

 

THE MOMENT IN WHICH I TOOK THAT PHOTO WAS A TRANSIT MOMENT, FULL OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION CAUSED BY TOO MANY CHANGES IN TOO LITTLE TIME.

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THEREFORE I CREATED THIS DIPTYCH, AS A FORM OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND A  PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS - TO STAY STRONG AND REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING WILL FULLY FORM AND THE EDGES OF THE PICTURE YOU ARE IN  WILL BE SHARPEN SOONER THAT YOU THINK.