La Tour Eiffel, 2000

Light Through the Silence of Branches. The Eiffel Tower, veiled in mist and framed by the delicate geometry of bare winter branches. In this photograph, Joseph Crachiola turns one of the world’s most familiar monuments into something mysterious and new — a glowing figure half-revealed, half-hidden by nature’s dark lace.

The technical precision of the exposure captures the subtle play of light and shadow, while the composition transforms the scene into a moment of quiet drama — Paris seen through the eyes of a poet.