The Weight of Oneself

This sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragseit stands on a pedestal at the edge of the river Saône in Lyon just outside the Palais de Justice. It stands 2.7 m high. The title of the sculpture comes from the fact that both bodies are identical.

[👑 AnaZad]

Fantastic composition against the sky and the city. Great capture.

[Bep]

Amazing sculpture and view on the Saöne river. Fav.

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture.

[KWind]

Wonderful sculpture in such a pretty environment.

[Cherrill]

What a wonderful statue. it reminds me of the words..when there are only one set of prints in the sand, that was when I was carrying you.

[Nova]

A great shot Issi, I like the way you view this world or ours. :)

[Penelope Ann]

Wow your in my neck of the woods. The building lining the Saonne are not as glamorous as those in Paris!

[Paula]

Great shot!

[HelenM]

The pov and composition - together with the grey sky I think - make this a very striking image

[judith deacon]

An amazing statue and taken from such a good POV.

[Margo]

Beautiful capture A FAV

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely composition

[Islandgirl]

Awesome pov!

[Gayle]

Oh, I love this image! Fabulous capture, Issi!

[Stephanie Swift]

A beautiful sculpture, and I love your pov and comp, fav. Sometimes the weight of one's self is the heaviest of all.

[Karen Mitchell]

This sculpture is very interesting with this architecture placed behind as it is... Really cool.

[Richard]

Excellent one. I find it can be challenging to do a nice composition with a statue. I think this one came out great.

[Taffy]

That's fabulous! Great composition and so unusual.

[Denise Wood]

Stunning capture of the statue and surrounding area :) fav

[Issi Bannerman]

@Cherrill Beautiful words Cherrill!

[Issi Bannerman]

@woodlandsphotog I agree! When I saw this one I couldn't believe my luck with that great backdrop!

[Issi Bannerman]

@tristansmum Thanks Stephanie and yes, your comment is very true.

[Issi Bannerman]

@pennystot I hadn't realised that was your neck of the woods, Penny! It's a beautiful city and was a first visit for us. Boy were we spoiled for choice of restaurants! The buildings may not be as glamorous as in Paris, but we were well impressed with everything we saw.