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a eassy about a photograph by simon norfolk. titled Steps at Auschwitz A photograph, of some steps, A simple flight or stairs, leading up,, or down. They look like any set of stairs, that could be anywhere in the world, and made anytime in the 21st century. Then you notice the wear on the steps, the wear and tear that only comes from many years of use, and many feet passing over them, slowly wearing the stone away. These steps are situated in the former concentration camp at Auschwitz. I think this photo makes an extraordinary statement. How many feet does it take to wear marks such as these, on a stone stairway? How many people walked down these steps to their death? I feel this image portrays a great sense, of absence, of the people that where once there,