I make the majority of my evening photographs after the sun has already set, but before nightfall removes the colors from the sky. This period, called dusk, usually produces the most striking colors and offers an ideal tool for abstraction. By rendering this runner as a silhouetted figure, I abstract it to remove its gender, identity, and all detail. The figure becomes symbolic rather than descriptive. I saw the runner coming long before it entered my frame. As I waited, I carefully composed the entire background, placing the horizon above the center, keeping a thin strip of beach at the bottom and reducing the amount of golden sky at the top. Most of the frame is filled with horizontal bands of flowing surf, tinged in pink. The distant clouds floating on the horizon create a crowning layer. When the figure finally entered the frame at right, I left more space to the left – space symbolizing the distance this runner has yet to travel.