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A Story Behind a Story - Hope Poster
by Lexa Harpell
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A Story Behind a Story - Hope poster by Lexa Harpell. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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There is a story behind this story....
Dublin's Famine Statues 'walk' along the quay toward the boats for a promise of a better life - a... more
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There is a story behind this story....
Dublin's Famine Statues 'walk' along the quay toward the boats for a promise of a better life - a memorial of the famine years depicting migrating sufferers of Ireland's Great Famine from 1845 to 1852.
More than 1 million people died during the famine and another 1 million emigrated during this period and many died on the 'death ships' over the Atlantic.
The statues are compelling individuals, tall, lean, made from bronze.
I saw them more as ghostly figures of Ireland's tragic past.
While I was shooting images, I noticed a young homeless man was placing flowers in their hands. My curiosity sparked and stopped to talk to him, I asked if I could help.
We chatted about the city, where he 'lived' - rather slept - under a nearby bridge - and he told me he comes here almost every day to 'talk' to the statues, they were his friends.
He then began telling me detailed stories about each statue's (person's) plight as...
About Lexa Harpell
Welcome to my eclectic gallery! Spend a few moments to explore and consider the images. Author - Photography - Travel. My birthplace is Bondi, Australia - my home is wherever I am in the world. My motto - 'Travel and leave a legacy in life' My books, photography and projects are intertwined, they inspire each other and take me to fascinating places. With a curious mind and loving diversity in my life, I'm mostly travelling 'on the road' capturing images of places and subjects from my surroundings, as well as finding inspiring new projects to work on. "Lexa sees the world in brilliant colour - hiking and travelling in remote and off the beaten track places - capturing her country ' s incredible raw beauty with her trusty, well-used...
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