This hotel complex on the Atlantic Ocean at El Jadida uses cubistic design to establish its style and tone. While the blue exterior staircase is architecturally striking, I was particularly attracted to the stylized arched gates at the bottom of the frame. They seem to be asking the viewer to guess how much “gate” is really there? Can we walk through them? And if so, how far can we go until we hit a wall? Using the three dimensional perception of our own eyes, such questions are easier to answer. But the eye of the camera is two dimensional, and this image alters our perception enough to make the gates look fascinatingly ambiguous.