#foreground background study

A project I have done for class. It was an exercise in combining black and white to make the foreground and the background without one of the tones becoming more background or foreground than the other. I made mine a bit more intricate than others so it took a while. I was required to choose a photograph or painting to change for this assignment. It's based off of this photograph:

Allegorical Sculpture of Industry, Pont du Carrousel

1852