The News Building was built in 1929, and was the home of the New York Daily News until the mid 1990s. The art deco skyscraper, soaring 476 feet over 42nd Street, served as the model for the headquarters of the fictional Daily Planet, where Superman worked as Clark Kent. I was primarily interested in expressing its character and era by moving in on the wonderful mural carved into the concrete over the front door of the building. I layer the image by including one of the floral baskets that hang from lampposts over the 42nd Street sidewalk. It is useful to compare my approach here to a more descriptive image of the same subject, as published in Wikipedia’s entry on the building. By moving closer and shooting upwards, my expression of the scene offers detail and emphasis that is not available to us in the literal image which can be seen at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NY_Daily_News_door_jeh.JPG