As always when I visit often-photographed locations, I try to find different ways to capture it: I don’t like following the crowd.

I shot this because the arch pieces on either side of the building looked like flying buttresses. And as a bonus, the half-staff flag (RIP Dolly P.) is reflected as a series of broken rectangles.

(part of the) Gateway Arch
Saint Louis, Missouri
photographed 8.30.2026