Looking for My Mona Lisa

[skyring]

I've got this photograph loaded on my iPhone, and every time it comes around on the slideshow I think, "By jingo, I love that photograph!"

Looking at the photographs I took at the same time, I realise how incredibly lucky I was. It really was a horrendous environment for zoom photography without a tripod.

Anyway, this is probably a long shot in another sense, but I'd like to find the young lady in the photograph. I think she'd appreciate a copy of the shot - it was a special day for me, just looking through the Louvre, and she probably thought the same. Maybe she's sighing over memories of the trip, just as I am.

I've assembled some clues, some photographs, and Thuh Photo into a Facebook group. I'm also trawling through Flickr to find people in the same place at the same time. Mabe we can find her. Wouldn't it be fantastic to put a smile on her face?

Here's the group: Looking for Mona Lisa

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[asterapallas.livejournal.com]

If you'll compose an entry-as-a-mission description for the photo... I'd be happy to feature her picture (and your chosen words) on my website to add another layer to your Mona Lisa seeking quest, if you wish...

:)

[skyring.livejournal.com]

When Peter Mackay of Canberra, Australia visited the Louvre on April 9th, he sat down outside the Mona Lisa gallery for a rest after an afternoon on his aching feet.

Noticing that tourists entering the room would glance up in wonder at the ornate ceiling eighty feet above, he aimed his camera on the doorway and waited. This photograph is the result, taken handheld with a zoom lens in poor light, the only photograph of several attempts not to be irretrievably blurred.

On examining the photograph later, he realised that he had caught the moment perfectly - the awed tourist stands gazing upwards while around her the crowds stream past on their way to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa.

Now Peter is searching for the lady in the photograph. "She should have a copy for herself," he says, "because it seems like a special moment for her. Young, beautiful, looking at Paris with eyes of delight."

He has set up a Facebook group, where the photograph and associated images are displayed. If you can help, visit the group at "Looking for Mona Lisa".

"I don't need to contact her," says Peter. "It would be enough to know that she's seen the photograph, and I've put a smile on her face."

[asterapallas.livejournal.com]

http://www.easysite.com/thistledew

Your photo and word description are now live on my site.
If I receive word for anyone regarding her whereabouts -
I'll let you know.
:)

[skyring.livejournal.com]

You are an angel!