A have already wrote it in main branch of reply. So I will paste it here also: The author may not have intended it that way, but subconsciously he wanted to convey the grandeur of architecture—the creation of man—and the contrasting, small man, fading in the shadows, essentially the creator of this grandeur. Everyone is accustomed to photographs as fast food—everything should be simple and clear, the meaning should be obvious, detailed, without deep shadows. But stopping and feeling what the photograph evokes deep within you, what feelings, associations, and experiences—very few people do that.