This doorway adorns a thousand year old temple in Bagan, a Burmese city that once ruled a civilization and today is a place of memories and ghosts. The details of this ornate entry symbolized the entire structure to me, with its Indian motifs and patchwork repairs and even the encroaching foliage quite evident. I photographed it at sunset to create a mood of historical grandeur, stressing its color, form, texture, and the sharp relief carved out by the long, deep shadows. Somehow a ruin at sunset acquires an atmosphere of timelessness that it does not have at other times of the day. Yet all historical glories are fleeting. Even the most wealthy and powerful empires eventually crumble and vanish. Bagan is such a place, where mood and history combine to create an emotional experience.