PHOTO ALBUM: Valencia, Spain – Sunrise on the Mediterranean Sea, El Saler, the City of Arts and Sciences

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My creative heart started thumping as we passed the City of Arts and Sciences in the taxi on our way from airport the Valencia Spain to our cabana. We spent our first full day there, and to be honest, my chest still pounds when I think of it.

I can say with 100% confidence that the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, is the most magnificent, non-natural subject I’ve ever captured on film or in digital data. Every 50 feet produced an image as or more intriguing than the last.

The City complex features multiple, striking structures that occupy a mile and a quarter of the five-mile Jardin del Turia, the Turia River’s natural riverbed.

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The river, upon whose palm-studded banks Valencia was settled by Romans in 138 BC, was redirected after a deadly flood in 1957. The old bed was transformed into a multifaceted public park.

Experiencing everything there is to do at the City of Arts and Sciences would be a multi-day project. Our mission was to photograph the stunning architecture, which is surrounded by a shallow blue pool that feels true and exquisitely complements the shimmering buildings.

So, after sunrise over the Mediterranean and breakfast in El Saler, Patricia and I ambled through the complex’s 86 acres and visited only two of its offerings – the Museo de les Ciències and L’Umbracle.

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PROJECT: Photograph Europe: Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Spain