| In January 1791, President George
Washington decided on a tract of land straddling the Potomac River, composed
of portions of the State of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia, as the
new city to house the federal government of the United States of America.
The city would be known as the District of Columbia, and in the two hundred
plus years since its birth, the Pierre L'Enfant design has become one of
the most beautiful cities in America. As a result of the lack of
an industrial complex and building height restrictions, Washington DC remains
one of the cleanest "large" cities with wonderful sightlines of the numerous
monuments, government institutions, and natural areas that dot the city.
But it is when the sun begins to set over the
Potomac, and the lights come up on the museums, monuments, memorials, and
other stone monoliths, that the city takes on a warm and special feeling.
It was this feeling that I tried to capture with this photography project.
Please take a moment to view what Washington is like when the stars come
out. You can either look at sets of thumbnails of the photographs
or look at my favorite photographs in the slide show.
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