Levitation

I am cleaning up telescopes and packing for my trip to Vermont, and so didn't have time to shoot today, so this is an older photograph, but a favorite of mine. I love that the chairs are levitating! Well not really. If you click on the small photo, a larger one will show that the furniture is suspended by small lines through pulleys on the ceiling. And WHY would someone do this? Simple. The furniture is in a boathouse right by the harbor, and the tide often floods the building, with up to a foot of water, which after a while would damage the furniture, so bingo! Ropes on the furniture. Brilliant, don't you think? I love this photo because without that explanation, all of this would be such a mystery.