Vertical Drama: Washington Monument

"I captured this extreme close-up of the Washington Monument looking straight up, allowing its immense height and geometric simplicity to fill the frame. The photograph is a dramatic study in light and shadow; the sharp side-lighting brilliantly illuminates one face, revealing the texture of the stone, while plunging the adjacent face into deep, pure shadow. The high-contrast black and white conversion turns this iconic structure into a powerful, graphic, and abstract vision of permanence and vertical power."