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Antony Gormley's 100 life-size figures spread out along 3 km of Crosby beach, stretching out almost 1 km out to sea.

 

Each figure symbolising "... a middle-aged man trying to remain standing, trying to breathe facing a horizon busy with ships moving materials around the planet."

 

Previously installed in Germany, Norway and Belgium has caused controvesy as they are due to be shipped to New York in November and Liverpool is due to be crowned Offical Capital of Culture for 2007.

 

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Uploaded on October 22, 2006
Taken on October 22, 2006