Crescent Moon Spring, Dunhuang, China

This photograph, taken in Dunhuang, China, depicts a Buddhist island shrine with a restored towering pagoda. It is representative of Lynn Davis's focus on monumental landscapes and iconic architecture in her photography, as since the mid-1980s she has sought and documented the world's most exalted sites--both natural and manmade. In its subject and the quiet, contemplative character of the image, this work reveals the intersection of Davis's refined, classical eye and her spiritual life as a practitioner of Buddhism.