It was a daunting challenge to make a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the most famous structures in the world, in a way that I had not seen before. The idea came to me as I looked up at its signature gothic arches from a vantage point along the East River shore. Most images of this bridge, which opened in 1883 as the largest suspension bridge in the world, feature those double arches because they give it its unique identity. I decided to abstract the bridge by eliminating its famous arches and feature instead its elegant web of supporting cables. To do this, I changed my vantage point, climbing to an observation deck placed at right angles to the bridge at the nearby South Street Seaport. This position offers a side view of one of the two towers that supports the bridge. The arches vanish, and the cables take precedence. The flag echoes the diagonal slope of the cable supports, and the tiny figures on the bridge add scale incongruity. I waited for the cumulus clouds in the background to arrange themselves so that there was a salutatory puff on either side of the tower.