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| The view of Palace Square from under an arched passageway was taken in winter (notice the snow) whilst the kids playing Zorro or some other masked bandit or hero takes on a whole new dimension when one notices the Kalashnikov in the bottom righthand corner. The last face is a portrait of a passer-by, and the man reminded me in his beardyness and apparent friendly demeanour of the man that took the photograph, printed it on photographic paper in a smelly basement somewhere in this enormous city, took it to his stall where the product and its maker waited for me and my dollars. |
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| View of Palace Square click on the photo for an enlargement |
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| A St Petersburg face click on the photo for an enlargment |
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| Valentine eye of St Petersburg |
| Words: Boyd van Hoeij Photos: (c) bibloi.com Publication: September 2003 |