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HTML

<div class="container">
   <div class="leftColumn">
      <div class="photoHolder">         
      </div> 
   </div>
   <div class="rightColumn">
       <div>
           <span>This is always here</span>
       </div>
       <div>
           <span>Sometimes this is here</span>
       </div>          
   </div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
    background: rgb( 240, 240, 240);
    width: 300px;
    position:relative;
}

.leftColumn {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
}

.photoHolder {
    width: 40px;
    height: 50px;
    background: rgb(200, 200, 245);
}

.rightColumn {
    display: block;
    width: 250px;
    height: 400px;
    background: rgb( 200, 244, 244);
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    right:0;
}