An awning of slats runs along side of Scottsdale’s library, and at 2:30 in the afternoon, the angle of the sun paints the both the sidewalk and the library wall with a pattern of horizontal bars. While on a field shoot, I asked my tutorial student to take a break on a bench at the base of the wall. She does not seem very enthusiastic over stopping her shooting, which makes the message of my photograph even more expressive. She tries here to relax, but her folded arms tell another story. The shadows slice across her, hiding her face in deep shadow. They make her anonymous, a symbol of confinement and restraint. She makes no effort to resist. She will simply wait it out, a metaphor for humanity trapped in a situation it cannot remedy. By using a 16mm wideangle focal length, I can move in to make her large, yet still retain a considerable about of wall and sidewalk in the image. I also convert the warm colors of her clothing and skin to black and white, making the symbolism stronger in the process.