Six2Photography

Six2Photography unites photographers with a desire to visually describe the world

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SAND. New portfolio work. A #photography. study of #form and #shapes. Complete #photo series on www.six2photography.com. #blackandwhite

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Female runner during #Amsterdam #Marathon. #Running #blackandwhite #hardlopen

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Lightning strikes at Australian Open

Lightning strikes over Melbourne Park during the first round doubles match between Rameez Junaid of Australia and Adrian Mannarino of France, and Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan during day four of the 2014 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)

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Some random #cows in the middle of the road somewhere in #Vietnam

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A few years ago in #Rome by #Six2Photography

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Ice skating #Amsterdam #museumplein by #Six2Photography.com

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UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE

  An escalator can never break—it can only become stairs. You would never see an “Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order” sign, just “Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We apologize for the fact that you can still get up there.” - MITCH HEDBERG

  What’s so funny about this? If you want to get technical, Mitch Hedberg is not entirely correct when he states that escalators are always stairs, whether they are running or not. Sometimes they pull out all the stair parts leaving only the handrails. THOSE stairs you really can’t climb unless you count hoisting yourself up or sliding down the handrails. Plus even when the stairs are there they are not really designed to be used when not in motion because it’s easier to trip and fall than on regular stairs.  Of course, try telling that to the New York City Department of Transportation system where at least 20% of all the escalators are out of service at any time, but they still expect people to use them as stairs. I guess the DOT would agree with our buddy Mitch. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy a year ago or so the escalators at the South Ferry Terminal in Manhattan have not been operational for over a year and will probably remain that way for a least a couple of more years. Sandy did some serious damage. Nevertheless, the essence of Hedberg’s observation is correct. Ultimately escalators, moving or not, well-designed or not, are stairs and you can use them to go up or down regardless. In fact even when they are working perfectly you can still go down an up escalator and vice versa, which totally proves the point.  And THAT’s what’s so funny!

Listen to my audioboo: https://audioboo.fm/boos/1824386-up-the-down-staircase

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my Agra Red Fort squirrel friend

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Love #Sassoon! Hair Design by Mark Hayes for #Sassoon. All credits for these images #Sassoon. 

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Intimate Polaroid Portraits by Philippe Bourgoin

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Upside Down. Free interpretation of landscape photography

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the balcony

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6-Daagse van Amsterdam @velodromeamsterdam

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Pont Hans Wildorf @ Geneva

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"Art is not so much a matter of methods and processes as it is an affair of temperament, of taste and of sentiment…In the hands of the artist, the photograph becomes a work of art…In a word, photography is what the photographer makes it ‒ an art or a trade."

William Howe Downs, Boston Evening Transcript 1900

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Yellow brick road