A wide-angle, low-angle photograph depicts the Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, under a partly cloudy sky

A wide-angle, low-angle photograph depicts the Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, under a partly cloudy sky. The church, a large Baroque structure with a light-colored stone facade, features two prominent bell towers topped with domes and crosses, numerous arched windows, and intricate relief carvings. Its main entrance has a dark green door. In the foreground, a white concrete retaining wall extends horizontally across the lower frame. A set of concrete stairs with metal handrails descends from right to left, leading from the foreground plane. An adult male, seen from behind, stands on an elevated concrete platform to the right of the stairs, looking towards the church. He wears a light grey t-shirt and blue jeans. Several parked automobiles, including a dark grey hatchback and a silver hatchback, are situated at the church's base, partially obscured by a small, leafless sapling. A tall black lamppost with multiple floodlights rises in the mid-ground, slightly to the right of the frame's center, partially obscuring the church's right side. A dark blue trash receptacle is affixed to the lamppost or an adjacent pole. Behind the church, the city terrain ascends steeply, densely populated with multi-story buildings. These range from older, dilapidated structures with exposed masonry and broken windows to more modern, taller residential or commercial buildings of varying architectural styles and conditions. On the far left, atop a distant hill, a large, stately white building with numerous windows is visible. The sky features distinct patches of blue intermixed with large, bright yellowish-white clouds. Several small birds are discernible flying in the upper left quadrant of the sky. The scene illustrates a blend of historical architecture and dense urban development on a steep hillside.