This is just a small section of Dubai’s commercial center. The Dubai Metro transit line runs through the foreground, and as I made this image, a train swept through my frame. The huge buildings offer a range of architectural tastes, dominated by a blue structure — its design both looks back to Art Deco, and ahead to the “City of the Future. It seems as if it is made of Legos. This image is saturated with primary colors. The blue sky provides a backdrop for the buildings, some of which also use blue for decorative emphasis. The train is blue as well. A row of commemorative banners, celebrating the 45th Anniversary of UAE, feature three red areas that that march horizontally across the image, matching the horizontal flow of the Dubai Metro and the skyline.