Ganesha
This photo was captured with a Sony a6300.
Total Consciousness
“So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.”
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Winged Lion
There are so many accurate details in the country pavilions around Epcot's World Showcase that it's easy to forget you're in central Florida. Even if just for a second, that transformative affect is what makes Epcot so special. This obelisk is, of course, from the Italian Pavilion.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Only Statues Stand Still
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Gaston's Fountain
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Abraham Lincoln
With great power comes great responsibility.
Terracotta Army
These statues are replicas of several of the more than 6,000 life-sized terracotta statues guard the burial temple of Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of Unified China (221-207 B.C.). Emperor Qin's most memorable project isn't the massive mausoleum in which he is buried, though. His largest — and most memorable — project was the earliest version of China's Great Wall.
This photograph was captured with a Sony NEX-7.
Fontaine des Quatre Parties du Monde
This world-famous monument/fountain is located in the south entrance to the Luxembourg Gardens in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed and sculpted by Jena-Baptise Carpeaux. The women in the fountain represent the four parts of the world and were initially criticized as "thin, unhealthy women with wasted flanks... furrowed thighs... twisting around in a bizarre circle without any grace." Ten years later, after Carpeaux's death, it was heralded as a masterpiece.
The best part for me about strolling past these statues and through the Luxembourg Gardens is recalling Ernest Hemingway's musings on wandering through the gardens with his young son when Paris was the burgeoning writer's hometown and he was so poor he'd have to hunt for pigeons in the gardens with a slingshot between paychecks.
This photograph was captured with a Nikon D90.
Wine After Work
Go to a park in the United States and you're likely to find some empty beer cans down by the river. Go to a park in Paris — make that the park in Paris — and you find half-full bottles of wine sitting at the feet of famed statues. I'm not sure if this was the result of a 3-bottle picnic lunch that just couldn't be finished or if something more sinister was going on. What if it was an offering to the statue? I think this warrants a little more research...
This photograph was captured with a Nikon D90.
Taking Flight
This angel resides in "Italy" at Disney's World Showcase at Epcot. It's just sort of tucked out of the way from the all of the craziness that is Disney and is a nice place to relax, enjoy a glass of wine and reflect on the awesome vision of Walt Disney.
This photograph was captured with an iPhone 6.