Bright Images in the City of Light

By: Laurie Hartzell

November 20, 2009 7:49 AM

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• USC College Ph.D. candidate Catherine E. Clark in the Paris metro

We’ve all heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” so often that it has begun to lose its meaning. A single image, according to the saying, can tell a story better than mere text.

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