Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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- Not Open Yet
- The Beauty of Doors
- A Quiet Traveler
- Winter Beach
- Los Nombres
- The Weather Broke Here
- Clear Sky, Clear Walk
- The Green Desert
- Not an Ordinary Little Free Library
- Sunset Above the Clouds
- Humming Along
- A River or Waterfall of a Different Kind
- A Bit Market/A Bit Tourist Market
- Wings at the Lake
- Butterfly Beach Day
- Mid-Afternoon Sun
- Much Older, Different Line
- Same Line, Earlier Time
- Small Boy Travel
- More Goðafoss
- The Problem with Waterfalls in Iceland
- Late Afternoon Light Surprise
- Westfjord Waterfall
- Couldn’t Get Back
- The Whole Shoe
Category: Urban
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I loved wandering through La Boca. This place wasn’t open yet–but the door itself was irresistible. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2025)
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There are moments on a street when the simple doorway of a home or business makes you stop and admire the space. (Segovia, Spain, 2024)
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Took a walk today on the beach along Lake Michigan. The ice dunes mark the water line. They are unsafe to go on, but beautiful to look at. (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, 2026)
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I was walking with others and shooting the murals as I could–didn’t have time to pause and look at them. I shot this, but didn’t pay attention at the time. In the quiet of my office this morning I paused and looked at the names of the fallen bomberos from La Boca and remembered them.…
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Walking along Harbor Park is usually lovely. This cold day in January there was no wind, lots of sun, and great views up the Lakeshore. Didn’t know it would be my last winter living along the Lake. (Kenosha, Wisconsin 2014)
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I love a good Public Market, and Seattle is one of my favorites. I remember when these markets were just markets. There were a few of them in Michigan near where I grew up. Even with the tourist influx, these are great places to get fresh food. (Seattle, Washington, 2012)
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The Calatrava-designed Milwaukee Art Museum is spectacular when illuminated at night. I was a bit surprised to see it look so lit that night. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025)
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A surprise encounter with a Monarch butterfly having a grand time at the beach. (Fox Point, Wisconsin,, 2025)
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Up until this year, Niagara was the most impressive falls I had seen. It’s been a number of years since I’ve been there, but was always impressed by the stories surrounding the falls as much as the falls themselves. (Niagara Falls, New York, 2000)
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It had been a very rainy winter in Arizona and the reservoirs had filled to capacity and water would be released into the Salt River for the first time in several years. and would arrive in Tempe on New Years Eve around noon. The line of garbage marks the leading edge of the water. (Tempe,…
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