The photographer is unknown which is a shame.

This picture is evocative.  To each viewer it will mean something different.  Some will see danger, loneliness or abandoment.  Some will see adventure, unknown journies or a leap of faith.

Red Shoe Philosophy:

At the end of the evening she is tired and wants to go home, but the Red Shoes are not tired. In fact, the Red Shoes are never tired. They dance her out into the street, they dance her over the mountains and valleys, through fields and forests, through night and day. Time rushes by, love rushes by, life rushes by, but the Red Shoes go on.
The Red Shoes, 1948