Old & New and All Lit Up

Old Cathedral
St. Louis, Missouri
Photograph by Tom Atwood

I remember taking a photograph similar to this one 35 years ago, when the Gateway Arch was less than a decade old. A contrast between old and new, I thought when I took the photo in 1975 along Memorial Drive: the Old Cathedral and the (almost) brand new Arch. Now it's the old and very old, the stainless steel Arch literally rusting. However, the main difference between then and now is this: both structures are bathed in light. Lit up like Christmas trees. So much light that even the clouds overhead are shining. Unlike the same sky in the Twentieth Century.

Shutter: 25 seconds; Aperture: f/13; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18 mm