For this edition, we asked staff and contributors to show us silhouettes they have come across and captured.
Aryan Kawatra, Contributing Photographer

The Marías concert on the extended Submarine tour.

The beauty of the stars on a clear night in the mountains of Montana.
Sophia Rivera-Korver, Contributing Photographer



Two of the photos are of people silhouetted against the Washington Square Arch. The natural arch is called Delicate Arch and it’s located in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah.
Kaleo Zhu, Copy Editor

The dark outlines of buildings, cranes and lights intersect below wispy clouds.

Long shadows trail a pair of bikers in Chinatown.
Emma Foley, Staff Photographer

Photo of a man looking at the city skyline across the Hudson River.
Jenny Qian – Contributing Photographer

Whether on stage or by the sea, silhouettes reveal the same enlightenment that frames the transience of light that defines us.

Ivy Chan, Photo Editor

I was taking a walk in the fields, and I spotted a lovely couple under the trees.


This was from sunset hour at a beach in Los Angeles.
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