"Fifth Floor, Tate Modern, London" by Stephanie Mills, ,

As an architect-photographer I’m constantly attracted to abstract patterns generated by the interplay of shadows and light. Adapted by Herzog & de Meuron, the robust, former industrial architecture of London’s Tate Modern provides countless opportunities for this kind of photographic abstraction. I captured this image as I was walking up the stairs to the Fifth Floor Members’ Bar overlooking the Thames. Through the naturally backlit frosted glass, my attention was drawn to the partial silhouettes of two seemingly ghostly people on bar stools facing one another. Beyond that is a collage of different abstract shapes, architectural elements and human forms adding depth of field and further interest to the image.