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The Empty Snail Shell
Lucie Bonvalet | April 25, 2025
A photograph my father found in the apartment where he grew up: a Parisian street circa 1944, a barricade. A shadow splits the facade of a café, sunlight whitens the hair and foreheads of boys. If I were to touch the metallic carcass of the old van, toppled on its side, that obstructs most of the street, I would burn my hand. I count eight men and two women.
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