Statue at Pont de Neuilly, Paris
Paris has many beautiful statues all over the city and I saw this one on my way to a meeting near the Pont de Neuilly Metro station. This is a lifesize bronze statue of Sisyphus, the Greek king condemned by the gods to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever as a punishment for his many crimes against the gods, including stealing their secrets . The statue is situated so that it look like Sisyphus is rolling the bolder up the incline towards La Defense, an inspired choice that makes the statue a comment on the never-ending nature of modern industry. Look hard and it's easy to imagine him slipping as he nears the goal, and the ball rolling all the way back to the Arc de Triomphe, which can be seen in the distance. The image was taken on a Fujifilm Finepix X100 with the standard 23mm f2 lens. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...