Ambience of Silence

Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 11:03PM
Greg Jones in Architecture, Architecture, Culture, Culture, HDR, HDR, Museum, Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, Washington DC

This is the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. On the day Kathy and I visited there were very few other guests walking the galleries. It was nearly silent and the sound of our footsteps reverberated across the vast open spaces. I could almost hear the hushed voices of visitors past, diminished but not forgotten.

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