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Ascent
Ascent
Paris, France – January 2025
An empty escalator glows with cold precision beneath the city. In Ascent, Robert Lembree turns urban infrastructure into art—shaped by symmetry, shadow, and the unspoken poetry of movement paused.
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Ascent
Paris, France – January 2025
In Ascent, Robert Lembree captures a moment of stillness in one of the most transitory places in any city—a bank of escalators, gleaming in the dark, waiting. Shot in Paris in the dead of winter, this image is a study in symmetry and mood. The lines are clean, the palette subdued, the lighting cinematic. Empty steps reflect the amber tones of overhead fixtures and the cool gleam of steel. The escalators, usually in motion, feel frozen here—an invitation upward into mystery or isolation. With Ascent, Rob reveals how even utilitarian spaces can carry emotional weight when framed with intention.
