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Love Locks

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Lawson McCulloch

Free Account, Musselburgh, Scotland

Love Locks

A love lock or love padlock is a padlock which sweethearts lock to a bridge, fence, gate, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love.[1] Typically the sweethearts' names or initials are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away to symbolise unbreakable love. Since the 2000s, love locks have proliferated at an increasing number of locations worldwide. They are often treated by municipal authorities as litter or vandalism, and there is some cost to their removal.

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LadyNoone 16/12/2014 17:04
I suppose it has not increased in a statistically significant extent stability of the compounds :)
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Clau.Dia´s 14/12/2014 16:53
a strange and I think passing fad... good shot!
Claudia
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alberto16-menuder 14/12/2014 10:54
una bella ripresa e bn -complimenti
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michel Baugé photo 12/12/2014 20:20
tu es un grand photographe de monochromes ,félicitations mon ami
amitiés

Michel
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Harold Thompson 12/12/2014 10:43
Ifnot for the info would not have made out the locks
:-)) Harold
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Dragomir Vukovic 10/12/2014 18:08
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Mirjam Burer 10/12/2014 17:40
just heard about it from Paris, Lawson..
did not know it is a custom worldwide...
I like the image, also as a document, compliments as always for the tonal range and the interesting subject..
lg, Mirjam
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MAURICE CLEGG 10/12/2014 17:27
I can't see the purpose in these whatsoever.
they only mean something to the ones that leave them there.
would you look at these locks and think oh 'sue loves john' big deal, who are they.
I don't get it, or am I just stupid.
regards, Maurice.
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Jan-Henrik Sellin 10/12/2014 14:51
Wieder sehr schön!
VG
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s. sabine krause 10/12/2014 9:07
what an ingenious move to capture them in a b/w image! the monochrome rendering provides them with a very original texture, turning them into some kind of rugged looking rock! deprived of their color, they look both strangely surreal and strangely archaic at the same time… a very original shot of a popular motif and fad! greetings, sabine. p.s.: the young woman's skeptical look cracks me up: "for the love of mike, don't ever make me put one up!", she seems to say… ; )
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Mark Billiau. 10/12/2014 8:57
Let's hope that all those exhibited loves will last for ever.......
Very good docu capture of this current rage.

Mark
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Dennis Maloney 10/12/2014 5:25
...great monochrome image of the hundreds of "Love Locks", also seems to be a lot of graffiti, wonderful detail and super tonal range....
Greetings,
...den
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Adele D. Oliver 10/12/2014 3:55
this tradition has not come across the big pond yet - at least I have never seen it anywhere here ... quite a scene here with so so many locks and people checking them out ... I can imagine crazy colours in your original image and like this in black and white with all the fine details and definition and your perspective !!!
greetings, Adele
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Ken Piros 10/12/2014 1:41
Looks like there is a lot of love to go around. Well captured image Lawson. I will also post a love lock image shortly.
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Renzo Baggiani 09/12/2014 23:50
Interessante scatto e molto, molto ben eseguito nel tuo bellissimo b/n! Compimenti!
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