Skyline From Brooklyn

http://www.paulpolitis.com/bwgallery/night/photograph.asp?photo=223
Manhattan Skyline From Brooklyn, Paul Politis

I think at night black and white photography really catches its relevance. At night, there is arguably no color in the world, and so black and white photography is hauntingly real, and has a certain crispness that color photography often lacks. Having such distinct and strong boundaries between the whites and blacks makes the world so much cleaner and stylized. This picture in particular, I think, is very balanced. there is about as much positive space in the foreground (the pillars) as in the background (the buildings). They are also spaced  in opposition to each other, leaning to opposite sides of the frame. The pillars are completely dark, while the buildings are luminous.