Carol M. Highsmith

Amazon corporation designed by nbbj, the glass domes are covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panels and serve as an employee lounge and workspace

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Washington State

One of more than 50 street clocks in Seattle, Washington

The 1845 corner bastion at Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington

Vivid-yellow rapeseed field near Pasco, Washington

Tom Otterness's 2009 bronze sculpture, Large Covered Wagon, in Pioneer Park, Walla Walla, Washington

Memorial Hall, the oldest building on the Whitman University campus in Walla Walla, Washington

Waterfall, Palouse Falls State Park, near Starbuck, Washington

Spray painted old bus outside Washtucna, Washington

Empty metal drums litter the overgrown grass at an abandoned farmstead near Washtucna, Washington

Woman kneeling with small dog on street in Ritzville, Washington

Carved animals on the refurbished Looff Carousel in Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington

Dinosaur statue outside the Ginkgo Gem Shop, Vantage, Washington

The Davidson Building, Ellensburg, Washington

Sculptor Tracy Powell's 2005 "Grandpa and Me" statue in Mount Vernon, Washington

A farmer's tractor kicks up dust in a field outside La Conner, Washington

Train yard on the waterfront Tacoma, Washington

Painted-glass art in huge vases at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington

The Bishop Victorian Hotel, built in 1891 in Port Townsend, Washington

Three carved, wooden bears in Sequim, Washington

Scene along the forest trail to Marymere Falls, deep in Olympic National Park

Marymere Falls, a waterfall deep in Olympic National Park, Washington

American flag over looking waterfront in Gig Harbor, Washington

The Richard Beyer statue of the Kissing Couple on the harbor boardwalk in Olympia, Washington

A wooden carving dedicated to "ladies of the oyster industry" South Bend, Washington

The red building by the pier of Jesse's Fish Co, in Ilwako, Washington

An oceangoing freighter passes Astoria-Megler cantilever bridge Megler, Washington

Scene on Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington

View of "the birdhouse" within the Amazon Spheres, at Amazon HQ, Seattle, Washington

Wood carving of a fisherman, Langley, Washington

The Mukilteo Ferry sailing across Possession Sound to Mukilteo, Washington

The Mukilteo Light in Mukilteo, Washington

People Waiting for the Interurban, a 1978 cast aluminum sculpture, Seattle, Washington

Boats at the Fishermen's Terminal docks in Seattle, Washington

Boats and ducks at the Fishermen's Terminal docks in Seattle, Washington

View of Seattle’s waterfront, Seattle, Washington

Aerial view of the waterfront and ferry terminal, Seattle, Washington

Fishermen's Memorial, Seattle, Washington

Sculptor Jaume Plensa's "Echo" sculpture in Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington'

Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibit at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington

Pink  car-wash sign in downtown Seattle, Washington

A fishmonger displays catch of the day at Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington

Six-year-old Gregorio Drozco III at the gum wall next to the Market Theatre, Seattle, Washington

Six-year-old Gregorio Drozco III at the gum wall with a green bike, Seattle, Washington

A house trailer becomes a bright pink and blue diner in the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington

Advertising Vehicle at Little Red's Espresso & Bakery, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington

Fruit boxes, empty for now, outside an orchard Peshastin, Washington

A hillside vineyard along the Columbia River, near Bickleton, Washington

Scene at the Bavarian Celebration of Spring festival in Leavenworth, Washington

Top view of "the birdhouse" within the Amazon Spheres, at Amazon HQ, Seattle, Washington