Picture of the Week, March 29
The Grand River as seen from the Varnum Building, flush with water for the spring.
Every once and a while when I’m on assignment I see something really cool that is not a part of what I’m there to shoot. While working on a project on the 18th floor of the Varnum building downtown, very early in the morning I came across this scene, and had to shoot and share it. The river is an incredible feature of our town, that simultaneously divides and unites us.
Photograph by Adam Bird
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