Nashville, April, 2013.

I took this image–of two buildings, one old, one new–in downtown Nashville, soon after sunrise. Low clouds obscured the upper stories of the taller building in the background. I divided the image into two parts–the building to the left and in front…and every thing else. I then heightened the detail in the front building, which gives it more presence, an almost monumental feel. The background building and sky were given a painterly, mystical feel. Pulled back together, the final image reminds me of a painting of the dwelling of the gods on Mt. Olympus. Only the streetlight in the left bottom corner roots us in the present, a clue to the contemporary context.

Were the building in the background clearer, you'd see the AT&T logo facing us.

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