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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
The call from faraway places.

I noticed this woman sitting, alone, and motionless, wrapped in winter, on a red leather bench in an exhibition room of the Royal Musea of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Enraptured by Gao Xingjian paintings, she appears to be staring into the abyss of her own, imaginary, soul.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Brussels, Belgium
Copyright: © Guy Fagot