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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This was a “throwaway shot” that hung on my office wall for years. I was on the High Line in New York shortly after it opened. I was just shooting randomly from the elevated park. (New York, New York, 2009)
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Although still a drawbridge, the Wells street bridge doesn’t see the kind of commercial traffic it used to. These days it lifts for tour boats and large pleasure boats. (Milwaukee, 2001)
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This is not a great looking building on a rather dull street, and yet the light was so good. So often wandering in Iceland not spectacular places looked terrific because of the light–the spectacular places looked even better. (Reykjavik, Iceland 2024)
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This has been the wallpaper on my phone for a long time. It is decorative, but easy to read icons through. On more than one occasion I’ve been asked what famous church this is. I think it is probably a letdown for them to find out it is the LA Train station. (Los Angeles, 2002)
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This part of the LA Train Station was closed off, but I could look in and take a photo. I’ve seen this on TV a number of times. The most interesting time was when I saw it decked out as Santa’s workshop for an advertisement. (Los Angeles, California, 2002)
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Los Angeles Union Station is one of the most beautiful transportation centers in the US. Although the exterior gardens are nice, the interior is striking. I’ve seen this room on a number of television shows and movies. It makes a great backdrop scene for people catching a meal or chasing down a criminal. Even if…
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Wandering a city leads to nice surprises. Although this spot is on the tourist maps, we found it by our usual method of wandering about. Somehow it is more satisfying to stumble upon things. (Edinburgh, Scotland 2018)
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It was the end of the “old ferry” system across the lake and before the revival of the Badger and Lake Express. That summer the Badger was running between Ludington and Milwaukee. My friend and I were working in Northern Michigan and we had to get back to school in Milwaukee. Shortest distance between 2…
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I was back in Columbus for a conference and I had to sneak into the classroom I took statistics in. It was memorable for a number of reasons (the instructor was a doppelgänger for Jim from the show Taxi), but I remember that because the classroom was oval I could hear my classmates whispering across…
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We have lived a lot of places–this one fits in the middle somewhere. We had a lot of snow that year. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that much snow at home. (Whitefish Bay, 1999)
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