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Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay,

1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California. Often

referred to as The Rock, the small island early-on served as a

lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal

Bureau of Prisons federal prison until 1963. Later, in 1972, Alcatraz

became a national recreation area and received landmarking

designations in 1976 and 1986.

Simple, effective, original and very meaningful composition!

Regards.

hi patrick... this is outstanding... you have seized the essence of alcatraz....i visited this  prison not so long ago and you have brought back those erie feelings for me that i had when i was inside the prison and grounds.. it may be morally incorrect for me to say this but i hoped they escaped........ take care samme

Beautiful, powerful, and mournful. It made me think of the souls of those who see no escape from their troubles but to hope and dream, the spirits of those who died in refugee and internment camps around the world, and Robert Stroud.

Love this, it proves what Ive always said, that the "Rule of thirds" is really only a suggestion. And the subject should be what controls composition.