March 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Picture of the Day: Catacombs of Paris
CATACOMBS OF PARIS
Photograph by STEPHEN ALVAREZ
Photographer’s Description:In a sandy chamber known as the “beach,” a wave rolls across a wall painted (and repainted) by cataphiles in the style of Japanese printmaker Hokusai. Such works can take hundreds of hours—the painting but also the carrying in of supplies.

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