At mid-day, a high sun will create deep shadows that can render a scene harsh and soulless. However there are times where such harsh light can intensify the meaning of a photograph. This is such an image. I noticed a man waiting outside of an office building. He was pacing nervously, and seemed overwhelmed by the scale of the building behind him. I made this image from across the street, zooming back to include gaping shadows on each side of him. I caught many different positions, but the one that spoke most eloquently to me was this one. He turned his back to my camera and walked towards the building, his hands clasped behind his back as if in frustration. Scale incongruity is at work here, but so too is the symbolic meaning of black shadow. In this case, the shadows seem to express the unknown, the face of urban loneliness.