This Carrara marble sculpture by Ion Jalea, depicting a dying French soldier being comforted by a loving embrace, is Romania’s tribute to the French soldiers who perished here during World War I. I zoomed in on to the faces to reveal the ravages of time on the marble and tell the story more intimately. The once pristine faces, revealing ninety years of grit, seem to imply that the battle still continues. The long 400mm focal length of my lens has turned the background of leaves and flowers into a softly focused screen resembling stained glass, adding a mournful context.