Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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- A Bridge Out of Place
- Entre las Setas
- Not Enough Wind
- Natural Green
- That is a Wall Map
- Where is Steve McQueen?
- Always Good Advice
- Commuting Crossing
- Say it Out Loud
- Total Wisconsin Joke
- Sometimes you Need a Warning
- Why Buy When You Can Rent?
- Funeral Humor
- The Center of Things
- Got My Goat
- Sometimes I’m Caught
- Love the Light
- The Sun is on the Flag
- Four Arenas–Four Sizes
- When the Conference Gets Dull. . .
- Waiting on the Ferry
- Corporate Mashup
- Not Beautiful, but Still Memorable, and Malleable
- It was a “Working Beach Day”
- Not All Doors Lead Somewhere
Category: Urban
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This does beat the “It has been ______________ days since our last accident. (Tempe, Arizona, 2005)
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Sometimes a great architect can make you “feel” a space. I spent at least an hour walking around this patio and fountains designed by I.M. Pei. The sun going down helped the experience as well (Doha, Qatar, 2016)
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This is probably one of my favorite restaurants in Kenosha. Every time I’ve been there, food is good, but the “feel” of the place is 1960s. The bar overlooks Lake Michigan. The only thing it is lacking is people smoking–that would make it complete. (Kenosha, 2016)
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This was my first real view of India during the day. Our hotel (Hotel Welcome Palace) was near the train station and in the heart of the construction suppliers. (New Delhi, India 2009)
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Kathleen and I took a spring break trip to the Netherlands. After that I was sold on cool weather spring break trips. (Amsterdam, 2019)
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A quiet autumn walk through Petrifying Springs Park. (Kenosha, 2012)
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The had turned gorgeous and I wound up walking way more than I had planned. I was exhausted and about another hour walk away from my hotel. (London, 2023)
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I found this sculpture of Sandino to be powerful because it lacked physical detail as it overlooked the city. (Managua, Nicaragua, 2007)
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Whenever I see seals on the shore (or on the docks) I am amazed at their lack of need for personal space (San Francisco, 2003)
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We all have bad days. This was someone else’s. The driver misjudged (or perhaps ignored) the garage height clearance. They removed the van by letting all the air out of the tires and rolling it out. (Shorewood, Wisconsin, 2012)
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