The Paris Opera House, Inside Out by Tom Rossiter

Someone has opened the front of the opera house to see how it works.

The Paris Opera House, Inside Out is a photographic work by Tom Rossiter, from about 2017, laminated on Diabond. Composite photographs like this are made for walls, to show in one frame what a visitor could only see in hours of walking. The facade stands at dusk under a deep blue sky, its gold statues lit. Part of the front has been cut away to reveal a grand staircase and painted vaults. A ceiling panel floats above, a ghostly floor plan sits at upper right, and a strip of interiors runs along the bottom. Forty-three inches square within an overall forty-five and three-quarters.

The building has never looked so forthcoming.