Library of Congress

I actually took an official tour of the Library. It's the only way to see the main reading room, which is huge and beautiful. The Library also had an exhibit of modern Japanese prints (reproduced from woodblock). I'd like to collect prints like those one day.

Shot of the inside of the library, looking up. I stopped trying to cut people out of my pictures, I think sometimes people give a measure of scale and perhaps character.

Ceiling.


Most of the walls and ceilings have these Italian inspired paintings, done by American artists. The inscriptions are all in English, and the paintings honor American writers. It's nice to be able to read all the stuff on the paintings for once, but I think I prefer the mystery of a foreign language.