Modernist architecture renders cities anonymous and interchangeable, which may be why Alan Schaller’s Leica Store DC show is titled simply “Metropolis.” The photographer is based in London, and about half the pictures in this selection were made there. Don’t look for Victorian landmarks, though. Given the sites Schaller prefers, viewers will probably need to consult the photos’ titles to distinguish “Barbican” (in his hometown) from “Potsdamer Platz” (in Berlin).

It’s not just the International Style architecture that knits Schaller’s locations together. It’s also his individual style of black-heavy black-and-white imagery, which stresses shadows, angles and oblique perspectives.

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