More Or Less Transparent

Views of the Treasury Building

Larry Wolf, More Or Less Transparent - Overview Grid, September 2019

This series is a view of The Treasury Building from Room 311 of the W Hotel, Washington DC. The sixteen images cover 54 seconds on the afternoon of September 25, 2019. A flag outside the window creates shadows that move across the curtain.

I was in DC to work with Congressional staff on funding for public health infrastructure. The Treasury Building, adjacent to the White House, was the first federal office building in DC. It was opened in 1800, two years after the first public health act which established maritime hospitals. The need now is for actionable information; a building block for health and equity.

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These are images of light and shadow. There are layers and textures: the curtain with folds, the window with grille, the Treasury Building with columns and windows. A flag is the one element that moves during the exposures. The flag creates the shadows that change the transparency of the curtain.

This is a moment when a sense perception breaks through the rush of activity. Stop. Look. Look again. Something very ordinary, a view from a window, feels exta-ordinary, a reminder of the uniqueness of each moment, multiple moments in a minute.

Life is fleeting, savor each moment, the small ones as well as the grand ones.

Selected Images

Larry Wolf, View of the Treasury Building, September 25, 2019 4:51:38 pm
Larry Wolf, View of the Treasury Building, September 25, 2019 4:52:00 pm
Larry Wolf, View of the Treasury Building, September 25, 2019 4:52:26 pm

Larry Wolf, View of the Treasury Building, September 25, 2019 4:52:30 pm



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Background

There is a larger story here about Federal policy and my engagement with the Federal government through advisory committees, expert panels and national associations. 

Public Health






Marine Hospitals - Established 1799

Social Determinants of Health




The Treasury Building

"The present Treasury Building was built over a period of 33 years between 1836 and 1869."
"The Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building in Washington and has had a great impact on the design of other governmental buildings." 


The W Hotel 

"Built in 1917 across the street from the White House, Hotel Washington was the closest neighbor to the First Family."


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