Geometry

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A top-down photo of a cracked sidewalk where the gap has been filled with a colorful mosaic of small ceramic tiles. The mosaic follows the irregular V-shape of the crack, using tiles in shades of blue, teal, green, tan, mauve, and red arranged in concentric arc patterns. The surrounding concrete is grey and textured. Diagonal shadows from a fence or railing fall across the lower portion of the frame.

50mm, 1/200, F 1/6.3, ISO 100

Someone filled a crack in the sidewalk with mosaic tiles instead of just patching it over (or letting it become a tripping hazard), and I thought that was worth stopping for. I shot it from directly above to flatten it out and emphasize the shape — the way the crack bends and the tiles follow it creates this natural geometric form that nobody designed, it just happened. The shadows from a tree across the concrete added another layer of unintentional geometry that I didn’t plan but wasn’t going to pass up.