
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington DC, DC
Maya Lin's sunken black granite wall holds 58,000 names and creates an extraordinary reflective surface that mirrors both sky and visitors. Deeply moving and photographically rich.
Photography Guide
- Best Time
- any
- Crowds
- Moderate
- Shot Types
- portraitdetailreflection
- Best Seasons
- fallwinter
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