Wanted: a good visual metaphor that says what we’re thinking most of the time: namely that the good stuff is often obscured by too much of the other.

Here, instead, a less-than-stellar photograph: “shoot it vertically next time, kid.” Photographs that fail to circulate the eye around the image reveal a lack of imagination or skill on the part of the shooter. Can pessimism and hubris be far behind?

This location once provoked an entirely different kind of reaction (and image-making).