Triforium
Standing in the Fletcher Bowron Square in downtown Los Angeles, the Triforium is a towering 1975 kinetic sculpture by Joseph Young, rising 60 feet with three branching concrete arms studded with colorful Venetian glass prisms and light elements. It is a genuinely strange and photogenic structure, and the key is getting close to shoot upward through the arms, letting the geometric concrete forms and glowing prisms fill the frame against the sky. A wide angle lens works well for dramatic compression from below, while a longer focal length lets you isolate individual prisms and abstract details. Overcast days soften harsh shadows on the concrete, but the structure truly comes alive at dusk and into the evening when the colored lights activate and the glass catches the last ambient light. The surrounding plaza is open and flat, giving you plenty of room to adjust your distance and angle freely. (Los Angeles, California, United States)
