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Hi Everyone, 

 

Step into March with us as we explore the artistic opportunities that the humble (or not so humble) staircase can provide us with when looking through the lens with a creative eye.

 

Have you stumbled across a stunning staircase or photographed a fancy flight of steps? If you haven't been involved with Alamy Photo of the Month yet, the theme for March is #AlamyStairs, so why not join in?

 

Be inspired: https://www.alamy.com/search/lightbox/5560248.html

 

From sunlight falling across outdoor steps, to the dizzying angles of spiral staircases, we want to see it all. At the beginning of April we'll share our favourites with you and also our customers.

 

Thanks! 

Louise 

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I'll kick off:

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/A4NRE3/spiral-staircase-inside-expiatori-de-la-sagrada-familia-cathedral-A4NRE3.jpg

A4NRE3 - Sagrada Familia.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/WBEYRN/bauhaus-dessau-interior-stairs-staircase-in-the-bauhaus-building-dessau-germany-designed-by-walter-gropius-restored-original-colors-colours-WBEYRN.jpg

WBEYRN - The Bauhaus.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/AJ2E22/stairway-to-the-buddhist-pilgrimage-site-golden-rock-kyaiktiyo-paya-AJ2E22.jpg

AJ2E22 - Stairway to the Buddhist pilgrimage site Golden Rock or Kyaiktiyo Paya in Myanmar. The real Stairway to Heaven.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/BMBM4F/central-hall-with-spiral-stairs-of-the-groninger-museum-of-modern-BMBM4F.jpg

BMBM4F - Groningen Museum. Staircase by architect Alessandro Mendini.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/A4NP77/famous-shaker-style-handmade-spiral-staircase-inside-trustee-house-A4NP77.jpg

A4NP77 - Famous Shaker staircase in the Trustee House in Shakertown or Shaker Village Pleasant Hill Kentucky.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/EF6YE3/paris-gare-du-nord-station-with-travelers-under-sign-pointing-to-paris-EF6YE3.jpg

EF6YE3 - Paris Gare du Nord. There must be some joke about what Londoners like the most in Paris: the train back to London.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/AM5KKA/main-entrance-colonnade-steps-and-statues-of-the-us-supreme-court-AM5KKA.jpg

AM5KKA - Supreme Court Washington DC.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/AYN5E8/mossy-steps-in-pashupatinath-temple-complex-in-kathmandu-nepal-asia-AYN5E8.jpg

AYN5E8 - Pashupatinath Temple Kathmandu.

 

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/DX96GD/milford-sound-deep-underwater-observatory-and-discovery-centre-interior-DX96GD.jpg

DX96GD - Underwater Observatory Milford Sound.

 

lightbox here.

 

wim

 

edit: ref ## added

 

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Queenspark, Glasgow, tenements

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Geometric open plan

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Glasgow Underground, Scotland

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Liverpool

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Son Tra, Da Nang, Vietnam

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Waverley railway station, Edinburgh

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Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh

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My turn.

West stairs to the main entrance of the Calgary Central Library T541E7

 

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Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) T2JPYC

 

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Stairs at the bottom of Las Peñas, Guayaquil Ecuador RT49XF

 

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Interior staircases at the Studio Bell Centre, Calgary KNX092

 

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Image ID: 2E1DYGH

 

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Nice subject. Some from me!

 

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Worn stone stairs in the Temple of Dendara, Egypt C3NHG2

 

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Boys in Jerusalem CNJNCR

 

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Nonna and child in Verrena, Italy A2JGCP

 

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Wooden Stairs to a treehouse, Louisiana USA B0N9AX

 

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Staircase in Montreal, Quebec APYT5G

 

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My boy descending stone steps in a monument in Western Maryland BAD23G

 

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Library staircase in Washington DC 2CBB39P

 

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Spiral stairs in Rapallo, Italy REEBFH

 

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Spiral stairs, Vatican City BCTG9Y

 

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Deck stairs to the backyard H950JK

 

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SoHo New York fire escapes stairs CN80FK

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The Tulip Stairs located in The Queen's House London UK Image ID: 2TA05NJ

 

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A woman and her dog walk up concrete steps from a beach. Newquay, Cornwall, UK Image ID: 2R70HMC

 

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The steps leading the town clock tower in Estepona, Spain

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A stepped street in Old Town, Le Suquet, Cannes, France

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2J8JG3K Lucca, Italy

 

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J4FK0J Petite Ceinture, Paris, France

 

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HPP5GC Devil’s Millhopper sinkhole, Gainesville, Florida, USA

 

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MMG6TX Avignon, France

 

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2R4N63Y Cathedral Clermont-Ferrand, France

 

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Wooden stairs up from the sandy beach at Grand Bend Ontario. - Image ID: DJ4G3W

 

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Toronto Blue Jays baseball fans head to the Rogers Centre to watch the game - Image ID: F32WY2

 

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Spiral Staircase at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal  Image ID: HF9A0A

 

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Staircase in Toronto Reference Library on Yonge St. in Toronto Ontario Canada - Image ID: HPA31G

 

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Looking up at the glass ceiling of Brookfiled Place from The Path in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Image ID: HPA32G

 

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Nice subject and v good images so far. Here's my selection.

 

Spiral stairs to wall walk, Lincoln castle, Lincoln City, Lincolnshire, England, UK 

- Image ID: 2TDHGHP

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Staircase lit up at night, Lincoln City, Lincolnshire, England, UK 

- Image ID: 2T64M20

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Outside steps up side of house Steep Hill Lincoln 

- Image ID: 2G53D4T

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Circular stairway and octangonal rooflight New Court St Johns College Cambridge 2019 

- Image ID: T594N1

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Yellow stairway fire exit 

- Image ID: J2ND6M

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The Curiosity Shop The Strait Lincoln City Lincolnshire October 2020 

- Image ID: 2D68JRE

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Looking down from top of stairwell Cambridgeshire England 

- Image ID: E0NMXK

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Passengers heading upstairs to cross railway lines by overhead bridge Lincoln station 2022 

- Image ID: 2JE12X6

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Outside stone steps to upper floor barn door Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK 

- Image ID: 2RDMM5A

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Pedestrian footbridge over railway line Brayford Lincoln City 

- Image ID: 2G53D9N

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Main Fitzwilliam Museum entrance Trumpington Street Cambridge 2019 

- Image ID: 2A5P59T

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Allan

 

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Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico AMRP2X

 

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Spiral staircase, Montreal, Quebec B66KE1

 

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Rainbow stairs, Vancouver, Canada 2G50T41

 

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Stairway to the sky, Las Pozas, Mexico BEJGAR

 

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Zigzagging shadows on stairs

 

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Halloween stairs 2W9XK7T

 

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Man sitting on stairs, Flores, Guatemala B39FXD

 

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Painters, Merida, Mexico D8KE6X

 

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Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico C4DMEW

 

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Fire escape  2AJRTFR

 

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The former Holloway Sanatorium  2A0T664

 

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House with outside stairs  2BW7MEW

 

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Stone steps on footpath to Aira Force waterfall in the Lake District  2H7XB67

 

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The steps up St Catherine's Hill near Winchester  RX0BNF

 

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The Grange at Northington in Hampshire, UK  PX7H17

 

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Steps up from the beach  2WPD5F3

 

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2WPD5EM

 

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2AGM4FG  Boy running upstairs in Liverpool One.

 

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2D4YNJ5  Liver bird on steps up to Museum of Liverpool.

 

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GH6RD5  Family resting and planning next move in NYC.

 

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2WM373F  Lighted stairs in Liverpool One.

 

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22 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

Boy running upstairs in Liverpool One.

 

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Liver bird on steps up to Museum of Liverpool.

 

artist-tommy-graham-liverbird-drawing-on

 

Family resting and planning next move in NYC.

 

a-family-of-tourists-sitting-on-the-curv

 

Lighted stairs in Liverpool One.

 

escalators-and-stairs-in-liverpool-one-s

 

Great selection! I know they appear on each image but you have to give the Alamy Ref to have a chance to get selected Edo. Good luck!

 

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40 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

 

Ah, yet another digital mystery to solve. Alamy ref? 

 

Otherwise known as the Image ID. It appears first when you mouse over a thumbnail or last on the zoom page. They've got your number!

 

Paulette

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2 hours ago, gvallee said:

 

Great selection! I know they appear on each image but you have to give the Alamy Ref to have a chance to get selected Edo. Good luck!

 

 

I always add them but most people seem to rely on it being on the image. Do they not get selected?

 

Paulette

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You don't HAVE to add the Alamy image ID but it helps us greatly if you can, as we can much more efficiently add lots of your entries by copy/pasting the ID! 🙏

 

Thanks for all your entries so far! 

 

Louise 

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Oh well, and there was me being a good girl doing as asked... i didn't want Edo to be disappointed for the wrong reasons. 

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