Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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The next time I go to see the Alhambra I have one piece of advice for myself. Go more slowly. I didn’t rush the first time, but I look at my photos and I find something like this door and I know that I didn’t pause long enough to fully appreciate it. (Granada, Spain, 2022)
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I was moving around taking photos when a tourist stopped me and pointed at my shoe. This one had decided that my shoelace was a good place to ride from. I managed to gently shoo it away and continue on my work. (Iguazú Falls, Argentina, 2025)
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Got to stand at the southern edge of the tropics. For the photo on my desk, I removed the four people behind me from the image. Here, I need to be more real. (near Huacalera in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina, 2025)
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New Town is a portion of Edinburgh that was built between 1767 and 1850. It’s filled with great Georgian architecture, museums and Waverley Station. Although I’ve been here a few times, my visits are not long enough to see it all. (Edinburgh, Scotland 2015)
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We have had a lot of great meals in great places. A few of them rise above others. It was a beautiful little cafe with some fabulously prepared mussels. The meat and cheese to die for. Did I mention the bread? I would go back just to have that meal again. (Dubrovnik, Croatia 2012)
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We were looking for the Jesuit house that was listed in the guidebook. We wandered up and down stone stairs with very little that was visible until we came upon the stone carving in the wall. This was the place. I do love when a place is marked by a stone carving. (Dubrovnik, Croatia 2012)
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When I go back to places I like to do some re-photography. In this case my spring 2015 trip photo is re-imaged in the summer. Still a stunning place with so much human history. (Edinburgh, Scotland, 2018)
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro was commissioned by Charles I in 1539 it has stood over San Juan Harbor ever since. It has seen plenty of battles with the English and Dutch. The US shelled the structure in 1898. During World War II new concrete artillery observation posts (seen above) and an underground bunker were…
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