Evans’s best-known works are his photographs of the cathedrals of England. In contrast to the sharply rendered detail of the commercial views of these sites, which were abundantly available, Evans built his images on the parallel foundations of photography and architecture: light and stone. Indeed, Evans believed one of the great failings of most architectural photographs of his time was that they took architecture rather than light as their primary subject. In Ely Cathedral, rather than attempt a literal depiction, Evans selected two large columns to convey the massive presence of this medieval monument. His understanding of light manifests itself in his printing in a way that is both counterintuitive and masterful; instead of printing his picture very dark, which would have further emphasized the weight and mass of the columns, Evans created an image of light greys in which the weight of the stones dissolves, subtly capturing the clerestory light washing the cathedral’s interior in a lengthy exposure. [1]