Sculpture or real legs?
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Posted by Eric
I took this photo on the Boulevard Haussmann near the Galeries Lafayette. In your opinion, is that a modern sculpture or do these legs belong to someone? Answer in 18 hours...
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June 13, 2007 2:03:00 AM GMT+02:00
I am afraid they are real. And the guy seems to be a chain smoker...
If I am wrong, well, sometime I don't "get" Modern Art...
June 13, 2007 3:00:00 AM GMT+02:00
Real.
Oh, you didn't mean me?
Yeah, I think the legs are real, too.
(sorry, couldn't resist. Harmless joke) ;)
June 13, 2007 3:09:00 AM GMT+02:00
To me, those hands seem to be a real human being's ones.
June 13, 2007 4:29:00 AM GMT+02:00
Real real real
June 13, 2007 4:34:00 AM GMT+02:00
Yes, they are real! Walked that street many times and never seen that....
June 13, 2007 4:44:00 AM GMT+02:00
Perfect, abstract photo! And he's real! :)
June 13, 2007 5:12:00 AM GMT+02:00
He's an actual human being, and I love this photo.
June 13, 2007 5:48:00 AM GMT+02:00
Definitely, definitively real.
June 13, 2007 7:38:00 AM GMT+02:00
Once bitten twice shy. I'll go with the consensus: real.
June 13, 2007 7:42:00 AM GMT+02:00
to be different, sculpture.
June 13, 2007 7:44:00 AM GMT+02:00
i think he is real :)
June 13, 2007 9:14:00 AM GMT+02:00
Eric, Profite bien de ton séjour "professionnel" chez l'Oncle Sam et fais la bise à la plus chouette Tomate de la Baie !
June 13, 2007 10:13:00 AM GMT+02:00
If it isn't real someone should put a sculpture of same there, when the guy eventually gets up!!!!
Such a neat effect.
June 13, 2007 3:11:00 PM GMT+02:00
real real !
June 13, 2007 3:52:00 PM GMT+02:00
I agree with the others, definitely real. I love the angle of this shot! (I he's not real then it is a very realistic sculpture.)
June 13, 2007 4:14:00 PM GMT+02:00
real for sure!!
June 13, 2007 5:23:00 PM GMT+02:00
Great photo either way. I agree with Jules png: it would make a fabulous sculpture. Don't you want to walk up there and take a sideways look at the guy to see if he's homeless or just having a rest? The clothes don't seem tattered, dirty or old. Just resting, I'd say. Maybe I'm wrong.
June 13, 2007 6:33:00 PM GMT+02:00
June 13, 2007 6:35:00 PM GMT+02:00
OK, OK, you all guessed! ;) Yes, these are real legs, but when I looked at the photo on my screen the first thing that came to my mind was: Wait a minute, this really reminds me of this photo.
June 13, 2007 7:02:00 PM GMT+02:00
Yes, I see the mental connection. With all the imagination manifest in the artists and shown by your photos, the legs could be faux.
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June 13, 2007 7:25:00 PM GMT+02:00
this is obviously a 'work of art' as the angle of the lower leg is too upright and the position of the hands on the knee caps is too far forward for a 'human' seated with his bum on the ground....... or else not
June 13, 2007 9:33:00 PM GMT+02:00
dermo: window sill, recessed window in an 'alcove'
June 13, 2007 9:45:00 PM GMT+02:00
I wonder if this fellow knows that he is the subject of such a debate?? He is probably taking a rest from all that Paris walking...
June 13, 2007 10:00:00 PM GMT+02:00
For me it looks like a real man, but ... there are many sculptures like this nowadays, kidding people ...
June 14, 2007 12:01:00 AM GMT+02:00
I did consider a window cill, but without evidence of one, it would have been tantamout to 'making the jigsaw piece fit the puzzle' Whether rightly or wrongly, I chose to go with the 'sculpture' suggestion as it would have made this particular blog, worthwhile!
June 14, 2007 1:13:00 AM GMT+02:00
Jeff: you're on drugs!!
June 14, 2007 5:38:00 PM GMT+02:00
Of course ... ... ... ... I meant 'tantamount'. Bloody Chubby Digits
June 15, 2007 1:58:00 AM GMT+02:00
Awww, that's sweet! Thanks GG!
June 20, 2007 12:34:00 PM GMT+02:00
This is such a great shot! If his hands was not showing, it could more look like a statue.
October 13, 2009 10:24:00 AM GMT+02:00
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