The 900 year-old wall that completely encircles the medina (old city) of Marrakesh is broken by a series of ancient gates. I stood near one such gate at sunset and watched people entering and leaving the medina. I noticed that as people came through the gate, they momentarily left their shadow behind on the wall next to it. I adjusted my frame to create a series of four panels moving from left to right – a piece of the outer wall, the brickwork of the gate itself, the heavily shadowed inside wall of the gate, and a continuation of the outer wall. As people walked through the gate and out of the right hand edge of my frame, I photographed their lingering shadows against the outer wall. Abstraction is essentially the art of leaving out. I leave out the appearance of the wall and gate, as well as the presence of the people themselves. I only suggest these elements, leaving the rest to the imagination of the viewer.