I love this quote by Abraham Lincoln and the Irony of it for he has became arguably the most popular president at the National Mall. The Lincoln memorial is so crowded during the day that it was almost impossible to shoot during the day. After an unsuccessful attempt to shoot the building in the evening I returned the next day early morning around 5AM to shoot this image. These were the first rays of the day illuminating the statue brilliantly and I framed them between the giant columns of the memorial and I only had to deal with a bunch of slightly drunk hipsters in the morning…