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Published: 2007-03-14 12:52:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1010; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 62
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Photography isn't my own. Some nice chap saw my leap and took this brilliant photo.It was a bit of fun climbing up the disused diving boards on the Plymouth Hoe and jumping off the top one. I was dared to by my flatmates and I like jumping from high things, so I thought why not. Theres also a more subtle sense of symbolism in this stupidity though:
Lately my life has taken a turn for the worse. I've been betrayed by people I've held in highest regard and this was sort of a release from that. I still feel I'll always have people behind me and supporting me, but those I trusted most have betrayed me and I think this feeling would make a lot of people feel incapable of trusting others, but it's made me a lot stronger as a person.
I think it's nice to have loving romance and people you can regard as best friends, but what I think I've always overlooked are those people that don't necessarily feature so heavily in my heart, but support me through things regardless, and this jump was for them.
I find it strange that my most personal piece of art in probably the last few years at least has been a photograph taken by someone else.
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amazing ^^ i would NOT have had the courage to jump from that high... and great (but sad, of course) story behind it. i used it here [link] , i hope you dont mind....but its kinda oxymoronic, i used it for the opposite purpose as what you were feeling XP if you dont want it up ill take it down
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I'm glad I came across this, a simple shot made by someone you don't even know . Supershot, and a good story behind it.
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This is a really good shot. The timing on it is pretty much perfect; I know that's out of your hands, but it must be awesome to see such a big moment captured at what is probably the best single frame you could've had of it.
I like the motivation behind it, and I hope you're getting on with your life and things are taking a turn for the better.
I've had big changes and a lot of depressing things going on in my life lately-unanimous end of relationship, went back to just being friends.
All the best, man. Hope your life is going as well as the hopeful look this picture has implies; you certainly have the right idea of going about it from the sentiment behind it. There are always people who've got your back.
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I've got to jump that when I live in Plymouth next year, my campus is moving, and I've never jumped the highest one.
The reason I loved the shot is because when i was little my gran would take me and my sister down to the Hoe, and let us swim, just brought back some fun memories watching everyone jump from there.
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And convincingly too, judging by the position of you after your jump. A +fav for a piece that means so much to you, one of our artists.
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