This photograph was taken by Chloe Taddie. The two small lit windows, each silhouetting a figure, amid pitch blackness creates a striking scene. The mood is difficult to pin down as moods often are, but it feels rather somber. From the difference in color and height of the lights, the void that separates them, as well as the fact that the figures seem to be looking towards one another (though they might not be able to see each other), we are encouraged to form a narrative. This narrative strikes me as perhaps a sad one. These people live in vastly different worlds - one's evenings are illuminated by neon and fabulous hair, the other's are characterized by an impersonal yellow-green light. They do not know or understand one another, but want to. As a small note, the faintly lit profile of a roof in the bottom right corner serves as a small marker of the picture's location. Without this the windows would appear to be floating in space.
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