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Time is a thief and a sculptor—stealing us away, yet carving us into the stone of eternity. "L’Écho du Temps" is not merely a series; it is a requiem for the ephemeral and a hymn to the everlasting. Here, the grandeur of architecture—Palais Garnier, Sainte-Chapelle, the Panthéon, Versailles—stands as silent sentinel, its bones unyielding against the tide of centuries, while we, the living, flicker through its halls like moths in a cathedral of light.
With a wide lens and the patience of a monk transcribing scripture, I wield slow shutter speeds to unravel time itself. Human figures dissolve into spectral traces—ghosts of motion haunting the frame, their blurred edges a testament to our transience. These are not photographs; they are visual poems, where the immutable meets the fleeting in a dance of shadow and stone. The golden sweep of a staircase, the kaleidoscope of stained glass, the weight of a painted battlefield—they hold their breath as we pass through, leaving only whispers on their walls.
This is no passive observation. Each composition is an act of alchemy—distilling the chaos of existence into a single, resonant note. The contrast is stark yet sublime: the solidity of history’s monuments against the fragility of our presence. Nostalgia seeps from every corner—not as sentiment, but as a primal ache, a question carved in light: What do we leave behind when we vanish?
"L’Écho du Temps" transcends documentation. It is a mirror to our mortality, a portal to the past, and a challenge to the future. These spaces—cathedrals of culture, theaters of power—echo with the footsteps of countless souls. We enter. We marvel. We fade. Yet they endure, bearing witness to our shadows. This series will not fade with us. It demands to be remembered—an eternal echo in the vast hall of human memory.
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Shirley Wung
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Architecture Photography - Cityscapes
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Taiwan
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Osama ELolemy
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People Photography - Portrait
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United Arab Emirates
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Vicki Santello
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Special Category - Comedy Photography
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Kenya
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Andrea Sagui
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Nature Photography - Landscapes
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Italy