Some underpasses display public art, which adds an expressive dimension to them. This underpass, in Kiev’s park commemorating Russia’s triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II, is lined with larger than life sculptures built into the walls, and because the figures are placed within the darkness of an underpass, the light from the end of the tunnel gives them an eerily lifelike vitality. I take advantage of that light here, spot-metering the highlights, and using a 20mm wideangle lens at very close range to stretch the attacking soldiers as they lunge towards us. By converting the photo to black and white, I honor the subject itself, which is intensely monochromatic in nature.