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Oculus Train Station at the World Trade Center in New York City constructed after the September 11, 2001 attack. The station was designed by Santiago Calatrava.

Oculus Train Station, designed by noted architect Santiago Calatrava, sits at the site of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centers in 2001.

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in New York State. The building was designed by Frank Gehry and features his trademark curved metal skin.

Interior view of the famed Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. The theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th-century Russia.

Morning sun illuminates the front of the Flatiron building in New York City.

A scene of new buildings along the Chicago River in the Windy City's downtown.

Original staircase leads up to the second floor and the building's rotunda. Old State Capitol was completed in the 1840s.

This photograph of a nearly dry rice field waiting to be flooded for planting was taken in the South Louisiana prairie. I was out there to photograph Louisiana artist Elemore Morgan Jr. on what turned out to be the last day he painted before having heart surgery, which ultimately led to his passing. It speaks to me personally because it captures the color palette that Elemore saw when painting. It is closest I ever came to photographing what could be an Elemore painting.

A virgin Mary statue rests on a Corinthian column by what local St. Martinville folks call the "real" Evangeline Oak, the tree associated with Longfellow's poem about a fictional character named "Evangeline". This tree is around the corner from the "official" Evangeline Oak which tourists see when visiting St. Martinville. For the record, there have been two previous Evangeline Oaks, both of which met their demise, one by lightning and the other when Bayou Teche flooded. History and myth can get blurry.

Light illuminates a setting at Parlange Plantation near New Roads, LA.

In 2011, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette went through a building transformation for dormitories. Workers were engaged in ground preparation for new dorms while demolishers removed the old building.

A small prayer chapel rests behind the Hypoilite Bordelon House in Marksville. The chapel was originally located in a cemetery located near St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The purple hues in the room are natural, having come for the red and blue tinted windows.