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> In fact Gilles, if I may comment here on your Spirit of Asia image. When I
saw
> it, I marveled along with most, but I feel strongly it would have been a
much
> more powerful image if there had been no 'moving' vehicles and no poser
people
> at all. If, like here at work on September 11th of last year,  normal life
was
> paused for a moment.

Well the initial idea was to show a vision of Asia like the one I know from
the local Chinatown here, i.e. full of life, lots of people working, eating,
walking everywhere at any hour, quite different from the most symbolic Asia
shown in other entries. The 9-11 reference was a late addition that I felt
necessary at the time, because it was (and still is)  inescapable, and I
felt that the happy folks in the pic needed a (bitter) taste of it. It
linked the picture and its inhabitants to what was going on, even though
their absence of reaction may seem a little bit off.

So it's not a 9-11 picture per se, but if it were, you're right about the
feeling that if would better if empty. I could be an alternate version,
actually, all I need is to switch off the cars and people... I'll keep that
in mind when I update my website with the 2002 pics.

G.


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