Easter Sunrise 2017
In 1791, the first American president, George Washington, commissioned the French-born architect and city planner, Pierre Charles L’Enfant, to design the new capital city of the United States. One of the key attributes of L’Enfant’s plan was the National Mall, an area approximately 1 mile long and 400 feet wide. Though modifications to the city plan began almost immediately in 1792, the National Mall has become the centerpiece of Washington, D.C.
This image, taken from the southeast corner of the Lincoln Memorial peristyle, includes the key features of the National Mall. In the foreground is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, completed in 1923; followed by the National World War II memorial, dedicated in 2004; then, the Washington Monument, the world’s tallest obelisk and tallest predominantly stone structure, completed in 1888. Due West of the Washington Monument and at the end of the National Mall is the United States Capitol, with its iconic marble dome illuminated here in the pre-dawn light.
The domed structure seen in the lower left portion of this image is the National Museum of Natural History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution, the fourth most visited museum in the world and the most visited natural history museum in the world.
I took this photograph just before the beginning of an open-air multi-denominational Christian church sunrise service on Easter Sunday, 2017. The National Mall is used as a stage for national events, as well as a national civic space for public gatherings, where the rights of free speech and peaceful assembly are given their strongest support.
Recognition:
Exhibition Selection - 2019 National Geographic Qazaqstan in the capital city, Nur-Sultan, to show Khazakstanis the similarities between their country and the United States
Easter Sunrise 2017
In 1791, the first American president, George Washington, commissioned the French-born architect and city planner, Pierre Charles L’Enfant, to design the new capital city of the United States. One of the key attributes of L’Enfant’s plan was the National Mall, an area approximately 1 mile long and 400 feet wide. Though modifications to the city plan began almost immediately in 1792, the National Mall has become the centerpiece of Washington, D.C.
This image, taken from the southeast corner of the Lincoln Memorial peristyle, includes the key features of the National Mall. In the foreground is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, completed in 1923; followed by the National World War II memorial, dedicated in 2004; then, the Washington Monument, the world’s tallest obelisk and tallest predominantly stone structure, completed in 1888. Due West of the Washington Monument and at the end of the National Mall is the United States Capitol, with its iconic marble dome illuminated here in the pre-dawn light.
The domed structure seen in the lower left portion of this image is the National Museum of Natural History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution, the fourth most visited museum in the world and the most visited natural history museum in the world.
I took this photograph just before the beginning of an open-air multi-denominational Christian church sunrise service on Easter Sunday, 2017. The National Mall is used as a stage for national events, as well as a national civic space for public gatherings, where the rights of free speech and peaceful assembly are given their strongest support.
Recognition:
Exhibition Selection - 2019 National Geographic Qazaqstan in the capital city, Nur-Sultan, to show Khazakstanis the similarities between their country and the United States