49. au dessus de leau, by taintedlips, and the following exchange on DeviantArt happened between me and the photographer:

Offering Sep 2, 2006
so many stories that this image could tell ..

Reply taintedlips Sep 3, 2006
would you like to share what you would think it is?

Reply Offering Sep 3, 2006
my story would begin:
it was during the war, and in the evenings she sewed parachutes .. long hours spent over the treadle machine, pushing miles of material through her machine .. her fingers were stained blue from the dye, and she'd been told it might be years before her hands returned to the almost translucent pink that had once been held by William .. her dear, sweet Billy ..

Reply taintedlips Sep 3, 2006
that is definitely the first time i have heard that one
keep it rolling

Reply Offering Sep 3, 2006
Billy with the flaming red hair and the quick wit, and the books he'd have read by authors we'd never heard of .. and he'd joined up as soon as he possibly could .. the air force .. which surprised us all, as he never seemed the military type .. "my chance to fly," he'd said .. and he was gone, but he wrote the most brilliant letters .. and with every blue parachute that stained my hands i imagined that it was somehow a trade, a deal .. i'd keep making the 'chutes and the letters would keep arriving ..

Reply taintedlips Sep 3, 2006
wow
i'm highly impressed