Reflection Old St. Louis County Courthouse

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I was attracted by this piece among all the photographs in the museum. The obvious symmetric glass building in the front with a blurry reflection of other buildings that cought my eyes. The piece is named “Reflection, Old St.Louis County Courthouse,” and photographed by William Clift in 1976. It is a 30x40 cm black and white photography and the medium is Gelatin silver. The glass building is a rectangle shape with perpendicular to the side roads. It shows flatness and a shallow sense. But when you get closer to observe the cars along two sides into the reflection roads, it gives me a depth sense even though the reflection is a surface. According to the surface perspective, I think that William was probably stood in a higher point and the camera