https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/island-of-capri-italy-clouds-and-water/ 2016-10-17T21:33:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Italy_Positano_CapriFromTheEast_LS.jpg Emerging from the deep blue of the Tyrrhenian Sea the island of Capri stands as a sentinel to the entrance Bay of Naples. A cloud, of its own making, hovers over Monte Solaro like a cap. Most the land is uninhabited as it is composed of rock mountains and abysses that even the trees have trouble clinging to. On the left, the islands of Scoglio del Monacone and Faraglioni greet one to the Marina Piccola where the wealthy denizens moor their yachts and schooners. Beautiful blues of the sea against harsh rocky greys, homes of ancient emperors counter those of contemporary entrepreneurs and entertainers, and the vacationers opposed to local fishermen it is an island of contrasts and contradictions. Island of Capri from the East, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/oak-island-north-carolina-clouds-and-contrails/ 2016-10-17T21:33:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OakIslandCloudsAndContrails_LS.jpg A fishing boat, amidst the immensity of the of the sea and sky, heads towards the mouth of the Cape Fear River off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina. The feeling of the seascape is vast as the forward edge of a storm front lumbers in blocking the sun. Jet contrails streak the sky giving added dimension to the sky. Clouds and Contrails, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/east-river-new-york-hassidic-man/ 2016-07-14T13:49:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WilliamsburgSingleOrthodoxManBridge_LS.jpg A Hassidic man walks on the promenade of Shaffer’s Landing, once the shipping pier of the large commercial brewer. The man is wearing the traditional garb of the 19th century sect of which he is member. The early 20th century Williamsburg Bridge arches over the East River to point to the man. His shtreimel is echoed in the top of the lamp and caps of the bridge standards. These tie him and his history to the culture of contemporary New York. Hassidic Man with East River and Williamsburg Bridge, Williamsburg, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-blue-spinnaker/ 2016-10-17T21:33:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_BlueSpinaker.jpg Flying its blue spinnaker, a sailboat draws across the waters of the inland shelf on the Gulf of Mexico seaward from Naples Florida. Running downwind the boat seems bestilled, barely cutting a wake. In truth, the potential of the power of the wind is seen as the sail arches forward. The curved shape of the kite is echoed by the bird across the frame. The two feel connected by the air of which they are creatures. In comparison. The connection is enhanced as they form the long side of an obtuse triangle, with the motorboat as the third vertex, which frolics overs the bands of sea and sky. Sailboat with Blue Spinnaker on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/papa-mama/ 2016-10-17T21:33:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/LayfeetCemetaryPapaMama_LS.jpg A concrete vase holds the remnants of faded marigolds at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. The image is almost a grisaille with hints of tans from the flowers and brushings of greens moss. The words “Papa Mama” carved in a white marble pedestal honor the joy that the family once held in common. Interactions of shadow and damp New Orleans sunlight form a framework for the flowers, vase, and pedestal. Papa Mama, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/battery-park-new-york-couple-kissing/ 2016-07-14T13:49:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BatteryParkCoupleKissing_LS.jpg Couple in an impassioned kiss on a marble benches in Battery Park. Others are performing normal weekend activities at the Battery Garden restaurant in contrast to the intensity of the absorption of the couple. In the background, towers of the New York City Financial District loom over the setting, somber and monumental. The couple becomes involuntary actors within the cultural and historical framework of their surroundings. Couple Kissing on Bench, Battery Park, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/black-flowers/ 2016-10-17T21:33:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SL1_BlackFlowers_LS.jpg Black roses before the bare brick of a tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans demonstrates that there are more unusual religions supported in the Crescent City than common in the rest of the country. Party beads, clam shells, and the flowers are indicative of the animist religions that are practiced locally. The objects become symbols of celebration in life remembered by the friends and family that assembled the little alter. Black Flowers and Party Beads, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/carlisle-bay-barbados-freighter-and-watermans-boat/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Barbados_FreightAndWatermansBoatBridgetown_LS.jpg The sun punches through the scattered late afternoon clouds over a tropical sea over Carlisle Bay from Needhams Point in Barbados. On the bay are a derelict freighter and a waterman’s craft. The exotic feel of the tropical sea is contrasted with the timbre of business and industry from commercial ships. A painter’s palette of greys and yellow decorate the western sky while the hand of God presents a background of exaltation and the holiness of nature within which the ships sail. Freighter and Waterman’s Boat on Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/gower-gulch-with-aguereberry-point-from-zabriskie-point-death-valley/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DeathValley_GowerGulchZabriskiPoint_LS.jpg Even though Death Valley is one of the most parched places on the earth the impact of water is everywhere. Glower Gulch, as seen from Zabriskie Point is the ghost of a stream that appears to flow through the arid tufa and sand carving a valley on its way. In the background is the floor of the graben of Death Valley with salt pans iridescent in the unforgiving sun. The concentrations of minerals that brought many ambitious men to this hard land colors the earth as it marches towards Aguereberry Point and the Panamint Range in the distance. Gower Gulch with Aguereberry Point from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/wire-box/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/LafetteCemetaryWireBoxWithOysterShells_LS.jpg Like a pagan altar, a wire box lays, slightly askew, before the aging marble of a tomb at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. The box is filled with oyster shells, Mardi Gras beads, and dead leaves emphasizing the animist aspects of the contents of the frame as alms for the dead. The supplicant who crafted this endeavored to decorate it with serpentine cable ornamenting the diminutive shrine anticipating a restoration of a right relationship with sacred order. Wire Box with Oyster Shells, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/elko-county-nevada-desert-road/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EastNevada_WhiteMountia_US_93_ALT_LS.jpg On the empty road in the arid lands of north eastern Nevada the earth is broad and distances are deceptively vast. Largely unpopulated, the yellow line of the road cutting it like a knife, the land has a sense of the infinite. Light and colors are as clean and pure as the sky and the light. It is places like this where prophets and shamans would go to speak with God. Desolate, vacant, and straight as a streak of light the desert road carries with it a touch spiritual for the contemporary driver, holding the promise of speed and unimpeded travel. US-93 Alt and White Horse Mountain, Elko County, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/marcy-ave-station-brooklyn-woman-in-pink-skirt/ 2016-07-14T13:49:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BrooklynWomanInPinkMarcyAve_LS.jpg Woman is waiting for a train at the Marcy Avenue subway station in Williamsburg and filling the time on her phone. The early 21st century smartphone and early 20th century technology of the subway infrastructure show both temporal contrast and continuum. The view down the tracks emphasize the progression of time, repeated orthogonals rapidly emerge from the background, in anticipation of the arrival of the train. The pink and red colors finds correspondence with other parts of the platform but, at the same time provides visual separation from the platform. That the woman is looking directly at the viewer to invite them to contempt the setting. Woman in Pink Skirt on Marcy Avenue Station, Williamsburg, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/about/ 2017-10-12T12:47:48Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/castellabate-italy-man-reading-on-beach/ 2016-07-14T13:49:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Castellabate_ManReadingOnBeach_LS.jpg Man sitting on a red plastic chair reading surrounded by the beach accoutrement and toys from his family. The man is reminiscent of a rough ancient Roman solider but is engaged in a cerebral activity. The classical device of a pyramid of the central arrangement of the family’s group of object contrasts with the convex structure of the 19th century background of buildings and a temporarily constructed soccer field. Shadows along the left edge of the frame measure space to the larger crowd of bathers providing compositional unification while showing a psychological isolation of distance. Although the reader is a part of the setting his deep contemplation of the book internally isolates him from the environment. Man Reading at the Beach, Santa Maria di Castellabate, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/brooklyn-bridge-east-river-new-york-city/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BrooklynBridgeShadowsOnWater_LS.jpg Elegant in her Gothic majesty, the Brooklyn Bridge arches over the East River in the clear fall afternoon sun. The bridge has been a constant for over a century and a quarter as the anchor neighborhoods of Dumbo and the Fish Market have undergone radical transformations. The maritime related industries, that once banked the shores of the river, have given way to residential buildings and recreation establishments. Undergoing renovations at the time of this image, the bridge endures as a monument to the optimism, ambition, and courage of the generation who fought the Civil War. Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/colored-roses/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SL1_RosesGlassVaseBricks_LS.jpg Colors of three cloth roses contrast with the greys of a plaster wall on a tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans. Bricks support the fragile crystal vase, which holds the flowers, from being disturbed. The harmonic regularity of the floral arrangement affords a resolve to the random application of the textures of the plaster. It appears that a great deal of care went into the arrangement attesting to a reverence of the tomb’s occupant. Cloth Roses in Glass Vase with Bricks, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-two-sailboats/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_TwoWhiteSailboatsClose.jpg Two white sailed boats converge on the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico off Naples Florida. The frame is measured out in bands of sand brightened chartreuse shallows, through indigo depths, and to a cobalt sky. Masts just piercing the horizon draw the sky to the sea. As a romantic interlude, they approach, yet on slightly different courses, never to meet. The sails press the bands of color from between them causing a focus of tension within the tranquility of the seascape. Two White Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/ 2016-05-10T17:17:46Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/earth-dreams/ 2019-11-30T18:47:49Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/ 2019-11-30T19:12:01Z weekly 1.0 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/necropolis/ 2019-11-30T18:55:22Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/on-the-water/ 2019-11-30T19:00:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/revolutionaries/ 2019-11-30T19:04:47Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/whats-new/ 2016-04-25T18:00:57Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/contact-us/ 2016-02-25T23:11:50Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/santa-monica-california-jogger-in-pink/ 2016-03-22T19:11:45Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Santa-Monica-Jogger-In-Pink.jpg A well-groomed woman in bright pink garb with platinum blond hair walking on the Ocean Front Walk. She appears next to brightly colored signs indicating where walking is permitted and a list or what is prohibited. The sand around the palm trees is raked and the rest of the beach groomed, providing a correspondence of personal presentation between the two. Culture impacts both the woman and environment in a like manner. Jogger In Pink at the Beach, Santa Monica, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/cherry-creek-nevada-cattle-grazing/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nevada-Cherry-Creek-Cattle-On-The-Range_LS.jpg Cattle grazing on the range outside the ghost town of Cherry Creek in north eastern Nevada. The photograph shows an immensity as clouds brush the sky and provide dimension, measuring space into the photograph. Although the are no signs of people, the cows are symbols thereof in the vast emptiness. Cattle Grazing on the Range, Cherry Creek, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/palms-and-beads/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Lafayette-Cemetery-Palm-Cloth-Flowers_LS.jpg An urn holds a surfeit of cloth flowers at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the New Orleans Garden District. Even though the flowers are artificial they appear to be withering in the heat of the New Orleans sun. The dried palm frond and its shadow point across the photograph with a serrated movement. Cloth Flowers and Palms, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-brown-sailboat/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_BrownSailboat.jpg A brown sailboat rushes across the band of blue and azure on the on the Gulf of Mexico off Naples Florida. The photograph shows a straight wake leading to the boat. Feeling squared and precise in the frame the boat conveys a sense of purpose and determination. Brown Sailboat on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/wards-island-new-york-city-hell-gate-arches/ 2016-10-17T21:33:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Wards-Island-Hells-Gate-Arches_LS.jpg Under the arches of the approach of the majestic Hell Gate Bridge, one of the main rail links between New England and the rest of the United States. The photograph shows the repeated forms and shadows providing a rhythm and measuring space into the frame. The warm tones of the late afternoon spring sunlight find a resolve with the patch of pale blue sky that shows from between the foreground arches. Evident is the beautiful sense form coupled with an industrial drive that characterized the early part of the last century, when the bridge was built. Arches Hell Gate Bridge, Wards Island, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bonneville-salt-flats-utah-woman-posing/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Woman-Posing.jpg Photograph of a man photographing a woman striking a yoga pose on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Flats are a massive salt pan flat as a table top. The distances and emptiness give one the sense of overwhelming irrelevance and insignificance of the tiny figures. However, drawing a correspondence between the two, the woman’s pose is echoed in the forms and shapes of the clouds in a lapis blue sky.Photograph of a man photographing a woman striking a yoga pose on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Flats are a massive salt pan flat as a table top. The distances and emptiness give one the sense of overwhelming irrelevance and insignificance of the tiny figures. However, drawing a correspondence between the two, the woman’s pose is echoed in the forms and shapes of the clouds in a lapis blue sky. Woman Posing on Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/east-river-new-york-city-jogger-in-pink-shorts/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Runner-In-Pink-Shorts-Under-Manhattan-Bridge.jpg Woman jogging on the East River Greenway along the river and under the Manhattan Bridge. Overhead is interleaved the FDR Drive elevated highway. The image is primarily tones of cool early spring blues of the river, sky, and bridge with counterpoints of pinks from the jogger and handrail. The photograph is both a landscape of the New York City with a street image of the earnest jogger separated by the curved lines receding into the frame. Jogger in Pink Shorts under Manhattan Bridge and East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/new-york-harbor-new-york-city-clearing-storm/ 2016-10-17T21:32:28Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-York-Harbor-Storm-Clearing-Statue-Of-Liberty.jpg Reminiscent of Hudson Valley School landscapes, the photograph shows New York Harbor after a summer storm has blown through. In the central middle ground are Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The warm tones of the late afternoon summer sun contrast with the pale blues of the emerging sky. The remembrance of the drama of the storm gives way as the clouds are reluctantly pushed out to the Atlantic. Clearing Storm over Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-three-sailboats/ 2016-10-17T21:32:28Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Florida-Three-White-Sailboats.jpg Three sailboats head north across the waters of the inland shelf off Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. The boats form an oblique triangle on the left of the photograph reflecting an impression of harmony and calm. Three Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/oak-island-north-carolina-white-sailboat/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Oak-Island-Sailboat-And-Clouds.jpg A white sailboat sails toward the setting sun off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina. Sun warm toned cumulus clouds chase the boat across the horizon of the photograph. The forms of the clouds echo the shape of the sailboat giving a sense of stability across the photographic frame. White Sailboat and Clouds at Sunset, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/st-louis-cemetery-no-1-marble-urn-with-letter-m/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-St-Louis-Cemetary-1-Marble-Urn.jpg Photograph of dried stalks and dead flowers in a marble urn at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans. The urn proudly displays a black letter ‘M’ carved into showing a logo like family symbol. The blue toned marble vessel contrasts with the dusty tan tones of the tomb which serves as a backdrop. Movement of spiral curves in the grains of marble contrast horizontal bands of the overall composition. Marble Urn with Letter M, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/mother-urn-and-cloth-lilies/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lafayette-Cemetery-Lilies-Mother.jpg Cast concrete urn with cloth lilies at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the New Orleans Garden District. Tones of greys and browns dominate the photograph with points of color to provide relief. Brilliant white cloth lilies give sparkle and a sense of the midday New Orleans sun light. Carved in the base of the urn is the word mother giving voice to the most basic relationship of our species with the whites and lilies symbolic of its purity. Carved letters in the marble of the background are reminiscent of the pedestals of ancient Roman statuary. Cloth Lilies and Inscription of Mother, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/paestum-italy-temple-of-hera/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Paestum-Temple-of-Hera-Woman-Taking-Photo.jpg A woman takes a photograph with her phone while standing between columns of the ancient Greek temple of Hera. She stands isolated at the apex of ziggurat shaped light streaming through the temple. The columns divide the photograph into sections, emphasizing the isolation of the figure while incorporating her into a cultural dialog of the perception of womanhood and contrasting models of femininity. Woman Taking Photograph by the Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/east-river-new-york-city-manhattan-and-brooklyn-bridges/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Brooklyn-And-Manhattan-Bridges-East-River.jpg The photograph shows the grace of the Brooklyn Bridge in contrast to the with the industrial pragmatism of the Manhattan Bridge. Although only forty years separate these two glorious suspension bridges that traverse the East River, they show the extraordinary changes in America’s view of itself in over those decades. On the right of the photograph, the Brooklyn Bridge shows nascent modernism in its elegant forms of the suspension cables draped over the 19th century Gothic forms and stone of the towers. Meanwhile the Manhattan bridge is stripped of nearly all decoration to a functional minimum of an all steel span. Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges with the East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/presidio-san-francisco-jogger/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/San-Francisco-Jogger-At-Torpedo-Wharf.jpg Solitary woman stretches in preparation for jogging photographed at Torpedo Wharf. Standing on a yellow block of concrete and dressed in chartreuse she contrasts the blue fields of the bay and sky. The wharf was part of fortifications which served to protect the San Francisco Bay and supported mine placement ships. In the distance in the photograph is Alcatraz, once a fortress and later prison. The woman, by her unconcern, shows the stark difference between the need for strong military infrastructure of prior periods and the contemporary state of relative peace. Jogger, Torpedo Wharf, and Alcatraz at the Presidio, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/red-rocks-canyon-nevada-turtlehead-peak/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Red-Rock-Canyon-Sandstone-Quarry-Turtlehead-Peak.jpg The Turtle Head Peak photographed from the Sand Stone Quarry. The peak is at the Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The mountain towers nearly 2000 above the abandoned 19th century stone quarry. The red sedimentary rock, rich with iron oxides, contrasts dramatically with the indigo desert sky. Sandstone Quarry and Turtlehead Peak, Red Rocks Canyon, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/husband-urn-with-rose/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lafayette-Cemetary-New-Orleans-Husband.jpg Aging cast urn is inscribed with the epitaph “Husband” in this still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the New Orleans. The theme of the photograph is a classic Vanitas still life painting reminiscent of post renaissance Netherlands and Flanders. In the urn is a red rose, symbol of love and vitality, but dried signifying the passing of the marital relationship of husband and wife. Other elements emphasize the sense of the temporary: dead leaves, bare twigs, pitted marble. In contrast are the sprigs of new plants that grow from under the urn. Their bright green provides a counterpoint to the muted greys, whites, and browns; thus promising re-birth and renewal. Husband, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/coney-island-brooklyn-johns-deli/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Coney-Island-Boardwalk-Johns-Deli.jpg Landscape photograph of the John’s Deli roast beef stand on the Coney Island boardwalk in New York City. Now only a thing of the past and waning memory is this symbol of old Coney Island. Placed at a primary entrance to the boardwalk, the stand fed hungry weekenders, and provided a livelihood to the proprietor’s hard working family. The American flags, once proudly displayed, have been left out for too many summers and are now tattered and disintegrating. The late afternoon sunset light imparts an ageing patina to the whites of the red, white, and blue color palette in this urban scene photograph. John’s Deli, Boardwalk, and Flags, Coney Island, Brooklyn https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/rome-italy-woman-in-the-pantheon/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rome-Pantheon-Woman-Oculus-Virgin-Painitng.jpg Woman stands illuminated by the oculus of the ancient Roman temple of the Pantheon in this photograph. She is at the crux of a cross formed by white bands. She stands isolated from others who are obscured by or emerging from the darkness. A white line leads from the central figure to the woman walking with her child. The fertility symbolism is echoed by the painting of the Virgin of the Girdle, to the left. Woman Illuminated by the Oculus, Pantheon, Rome, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/lone-pine-california-alabama-hills/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/California-Alabama-Hills-Rocks-And-Clouds.jpg Landscape photograph of the Alabama Hills in the Owens Valley of California. Many western movies, notably Roy Rogers and John Wayne classics, were made in the Lone Pine region of which the Alabama Hills are a part. Cotton ball clouds drift against the deep blue sky casting shadows in bands over the landscape. Brilliant summer afternoon sun makes the ridges of ancient potato shaped rocks suggestive of weathered bones of a great mythical beast. The area is eerie and strange like the dream of a desert addled mystic. Trail through the Alabama Hills in Sun and Shadow, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bonneville-salt-flats-utah-women-talking/ 2016-07-14T13:51:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bonniville-Salt-Flats-Two-Women-Talking.jpg Two women standing on the Bonneville Salt Flats discussing pictures they have taken in this photograph. The women are dwarfed and isolated by the whiteness of the vast, strange, and primordial salt pan. The scene is tranquil and empty, reminiscent of a Yves Tanguy dream. The women stand as a bubble of isolated energy focusing on a private conversation as they review the images on their phone and camera. Two Women Talking on Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/deer-valley-utah-red-lichens-on-rocks/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Deer-Valley-Bald-Mountian-Rocks-With-Red-Lichens-.jpg Landscape photograph looking northeast over the beautiful Provo River basin in Deer Valley, Utah from the summit of Bald Mountain. Echoing the forms of the clouds, white rocks speckled with red lichens climb up to the pinnacle of the mountain. In the distance Deer Valley stretches to the Uinta range. The rows of clouds, some nearly at eye-level, measure space into the picture. Bald Mountain, part of a ski resort, is usually displayed covered with snow. Red Lichens on Rocks and Uinta Mountains from Bald Mountain, Deer Valley, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-red-and-yellow-sailboats/ 2016-10-17T21:32:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_RedAndYellowBoats.jpg Seascape photograph of a red and a yellow sailboats flying their spinnakers over the inland waters of Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. Sails straining with the weight of the wind, the boats race across the image frame. The interaction, in the picture, generates a tension between the two sailboats against the calm and tranquility the sea and sky. Red and Yellow Sailboats with Spinnakers on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/capri-italy-woman-on-la-piazzetta/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Capri-Woman-At-Piazzeta-Bay-Of-Naples.jpg Woman eating a sandwich sitting on a small boat on the La Piazzetta with Bay of Naples in the distance of the photograph from the island of Capri, Italy. Atmospheric effects, compositional structure, and the cool color palette are reminiscent of Maxfield Parrish paintings. In the idyllic setting the woman becomes suggestive of Parrish’s neoclassical personages. The figure’s prosaic action of taking her lunch, her contemporary clothing, and plastic shopping bag contrasts with the mythological allusions. An otherworldly quality is imparted to the picture as two divergent versions of reality appear simultaneously present. Woman on La Piazzetta with Bay of Naples, Capri, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-central-keep-and-well/ 2016-10-17T21:31:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Fort-Carre-Centeral-Keep-Well.jpg Central keep with well and gates in an architectural photograph of Fort Carre at Antibes France. Constructed in the 16th century, the star shaped fortress guarded the entrance to Antibes’ harbor for over 400 years. Atmospheric of a different time and place, the central keep presents the visitor with a sense of an incomprehensibly alien Europe where active warfare was the norm and vigilance had to remain constant. Red podiums displaying placards with bits of information emphasize the building’s transformation from one needed for existential survival to an attraction for tourists. Shadows appear as if gear works of a clock intertwined with the circular forms of the keep illuminated by the mid-day Côte d’Azur sun. Central Keep and Well, Fort Carre, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-red-balcony/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Red-Balcony-Blue-Shutters.jpg Urban landscape photograph of a red balcony, blue shutters, and ochre wall in the medieval part of town in Antibes, France. The picture was made down the street from Picasso’s home. The area exudes a feel of broken and fractured space reminiscent of the master’s cubist vision. The shadows further distort and twist the plumb of the space as the morning sunlight streams through the street at a slant. Accentuated by the early morning Côte d’Azur light, warm colors predominate and are brightened by the pale blues of the shutters and diminutive doors in the center of the image. Red Balcony with Blue Shutters, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-rooftop-apartments/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Rooftop-Apartments-And-Jet-Contrails.jpg Rooftop apartments, birds, and jet contrails in a landscape photograph from Antibes, France. In the early morning Cote d’Azur sunlight, the scene shows a warm glow giving an overall sense of quietude and tranquility as the town begins to waken. The buildings appear to be evolved instead of planned, resulting in broken space and a distinctive individuality of the rooftops. They take on the broken reality of an early cubist painting. Broad sweeping gestures of jet contrails in sky contrasts to the nervous fractured geometric forms of the rooftops. Rooftop Apartments, Birds, Jets Contrails at Early Morning, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-blue-shutters/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Yellow-Building-Blue-Shutters-Cannon-Balls.jpg Urban landscape photograph of homes in the old part of Antibes, France. The early morning Cote d’Azur sunlight provides a warm feel to the sleeping town. Pale blue shutters and the deep cobalt sky afford a color counterpoint to the yellows and tans of buildings and bricks. Cannonballs, in the foreground of the picture, affixed to the bricks, harken to the time when artillery would have been placed on the town wall facing the Rivera coast. The cubist atmosphere, that pervades this part of Provence, is evident here in the cascading rooftops and askew building walls. Buildings with Blue Shutters and Cannon Balls at Early Morning, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/earth-dreams-lightbox/ 2019-02-23T15:03:45Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/necropolis-lightbox/ 2019-02-23T15:08:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/on-the-water-lightbox/ 2019-02-23T15:15:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/galleries/revolutionaries-lightbox/ 2019-02-23T15:33:05Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/artificial-red-roses/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Marble-Vase-Red-Roses.jpg Before a tomb, artificial red roses are presented in a marble vase in a found still life photograph at Saint Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The vase had been painted white, at one time, but the paint has aged, cracked, and likely been removed over time. The original dun tan color of the vase shows through and contrasts with the greys of the marble and concreate in the background. Ironically, the flowers appear nearly lifelike even though they are static and unchanging. The slow transformation as the paint on the vase deteriorates is the only symbol of transformation in the image. Artificial Red Roses in a Marble Vase, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/death-valley-view-from-artists-palette/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Death-Valley-Artists-Pallete-BadwaterBasin.jpg Cascading heavily eroded badlands mark the edge of the graben floor in this landscape photograph from Death Valley, California. In the distance is the Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. Clouds echoing the landforms emphasize the correspondence to water in this desperately dry land. Cars, tiny in the expanse of the valley, give scale to the scene. Artists Palette Looking towards Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/irises-in-glass-vase/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Irises-Glass-Vase-Party-Beads.jpg A glass vase holds cloth irises before a marble tomb in a found still life photograph at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The iris has a rich symbolism in many cultures and particularly for the French and New Orleans. A stylized iris, the fleur-de-lis, is the symbol of France. The emblem of the city of New Orleans itself is also the fleur-de-lis. These usages are likely some of the motivation for the flower’s appearance at this tomb. In funerary practice, the flower, symbol of the ancient Greek goddess Iris, would be placed on women’s graves to aid them in their journey to the underworld. In this picture, the iris, depicted with Mardi Gras beads, symbolizes another interpretation of the flower, that of loyalty and passion; an emblem of true romantic love. Irises in Glass Vase with Mardi Gras Beads, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/belden-place-san-francisco-men-smoking/ 2016-07-14T13:48:42Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/San-Francisco-Men-Smoking-Chamber-Of-Commerce.jpg Men standing smoking are illuminated by a shaft of light streaming between buildings opposite. They are casually dressed compared to the man with a phone dressed in a suit. The image is framed by the Mining Exchange and Russ Building, with a replica of the Empire State Building behind; all representative of the business communities when erected. The smokers appear to be technology workers, representative of the current milieu. Men Smoking on Sidewalk and Chamber of Commerce Building, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/death-valley-california-black-mountain-range/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Death-Valley-Three-Cloud-Layers.jpg Landscape photograph from the Artist’s Drive looking south at the Black Mountains in Death Valley, California. In the foreground, the flat plains are formed as a wash from a gulch that runs from the mountains to the northeast. Clouds form layers over the scene giving movement to the sky. Black Mountain Range, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-yellow-walls/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Yellow-Buildings-Red-Roof-Sunrise.jpg Yellow buildings with red tile roofs in an urban architectural photograph from the old section of Antibes, France. Golden and buttery tones glow warm in the Cote d’Azur sunrise over the French Rivera. The preponderance of yellows is relieved by the rich red of the classic Mediterranean roof tiles. Askew old building in intense clear light with oblique shadows show the cubist impression of Provence. It is no wonder that Picasso spent so much time in Antibes. Yellow Walls with Red Tile Roof at Sunrise, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/blue-and-pink-chrysanthemums/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Blue-Pink-Mums-B.jpg Letter ‘B’ on a cracked stone urn in a found still life with cloth chrysanthemums at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrysanthemums, normally seen as a symbol of cheer and joy in most of the United States, takes on their traditional French and Spanish meaning as a funeral flower representing mourning and grief. Battered by sun and age, the flowers assume a sadness aligned with their significance in a New Orleans cemetery. The geometric structure of the photo provides a framework of order against which the line of the crack in the vase and the flowers flow. Blue and Pink Chrysanthemums, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/pink-cloth-chrysanthemums-in-stone-urn/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Red-Fowers-Stone-Pot-Cracked-Tombstone.jpg Pink artificial cloth chrysanthemums in stone urn in front of a cracked tombstone in a found still life from Saint Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrysanthemums are generally considered a symbol of joy and cheer in most of the United States. For New Orleans, however, the French and Spanish roots of the culture are apparent where the chrysanthemum is considered a flower of mourning and funerals. A crack in the marble in the background of the image appears to be an additional flower, but a flower of absence, coming from the vase. Pink Cloth Chrysanthemums in Stone Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/dried-flower-stalks-in-a-marble-urn/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Dried-Stalks-In-Marble-Urn.jpg Found still life photograph of dead flower stalks in marble vase before a granite tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The image is a grisaille except for the tans of the flower stalks, providing relief from the prevalence of greys. Warm colors and hues present a symbol of the life they once possessed, now faded; analogous to the occupant of the tomb. Granite and marble textures contrast in a dissonance finding resolve in the harmonious geometric structure of the image. Dried Flower Stalks in a Marble Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/pink-roses-in-marble-vase/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Pink-Roses-In-Marble-Vase.jpg Pink roses in a marble vase with exposed bricks in the background of a found still life photograph from St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pink of the cloth roses is striking in their vibrant color in contrast with the somber greys and blacks of the tomb. Dilapidated and showing a patina of age, the dark bricks present a sense of the passage of time against the sparkle of the roses in the brilliant New Orleans sunlight. Shadows in the foreground of the photo echo the flowers evoking an off center symmetry joined by the form of the marble vase. Pink Roses in Marble Vase, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/lone-pine-california-rocky-hills-and-shadows/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Alabama-Hills-Rocky-Hills.jpg Clouds cast shadows over sections in a landscape photograph from the Alabama Hills in Lone Pines, California. Distance is measured into the image by the alternating bands of striking high desert sunlight and shade. The scene of ancient weathered potato shaped granite boulders is alien and bizarre, reminiscent of what the surface of Mars might look like. Persian blue sky and racing could appear as if a painted backdrop from one of the cowboy westerns that are frequently made here. Rocky Hills and Shadows, Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/yellow-chrysanthemums-and-orange-ribbon/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Yellow-Chrysanthemums-Orange-Ribbon.jpg Yellow chrysanthemums and red poppies with an orange ribbon in a found still life at Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Taking on their traditional role, and showing the cultural influence of French and Spanish roots in New Orleans, the chrysanthemums are flowers used for mourning and grief. The poppy symbolism of repose and peace in death express a hope for the departed. The striking colors and smooth textures of the flower petals contrast with the stippled greys of the background of the picture. Yellow Chrysanthemums and Orange Ribbon, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/dried-flower-petals-and-cross/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Cemetery-Petals-And-Cross.jpg Dried flower petals in a bowl in a found still life photograph at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. In a glass bowl and atop a granite pedestal, the flower petals appear as if a votive offering to a deity. Even though the cross is carved into the pedestal the arrangement is more pagan than Christian. The flickering light catches the dried petals to give them a feeling of a mystic inner glow. Dried Flower Petals and Cross, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/golden-gate-san-francisco-bridge-and-lime-point/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SanFrancisco-Golden-Gate-Bridge.jpg Golden Gate Bridge, Lime Point, and Horseshoe Bay in this landscape photograph from San Francisco, California. The image was taken from a boat as it passed below the bridge. Stately and majestic, the bridge arches over the bay. The Golden Gate Bridge embodies the optimism and drive that is part of the cultural makeup of the San Francisco Bay area. Red roofs on the buildings at Fort Baker, in the background of the picture, echo the reds of the bridge. Golden Gate Bridge, Lime Point, and Horseshoe Bay, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/blue-glass-vase/ 2016-10-17T21:31:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Blue-Vase.jpg Empty blue glass vase in flickering light and shadow in a found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The vase is in shadow with feathered light forming shapes and directional movement on the marble slab in the background. Blue lead glass color is reminiscent of stained glass windows and expensive cut crystal showing honor to the departed with religious overtones. Blue Glass Vase, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/antibes-france-courtyard/ 2016-10-17T21:31:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Hotel-de-Ville-Arch.jpg Photograph of the Hotel de’Ville and courtyard in Antibes, France. Through the archway is the town market and main street. Shadows from the brilliant late morning Cote d’Azur sunlight breaks up the space forming cubist like facets within the image. Yellow tones of the walls in the foreground of the picture contrast with the cool clear colors of the marketplace through the arch. Courtyard by the Hotel de’Ville, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/positano-italy-view-of-town/ 2016-10-17T21:31:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Italy-Positano-From-Cove.jpg Landscape photograph of the Amalfi Coast town of Positano from just offshore from Spiaggia Grande and the boat dock. Buildings are stacked on top of each other as they climb the side of the mountain that the town is built on. Behind Positano, the peak of Le Tesa on the left and the Monti Lattari range on the right, rise dramatically from the Gulf of Salerno. Classic joyful Amalfi Coast colors of pastel oranges and pinks with a punctuation of brilliant whites of the buildings contrast with the brooding greens and greys of the mountains in the background of the picture. Positano from the Gulf of Salerno, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/irises-in-white-marble-urn/ 2016-10-17T21:31:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Cemetary-Irises-White-Marble-Urn.jpg Irises are placed in a white marble urn in this found still life photograph at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The iris is a flower rich in symbolism from the French cultural roots of New Orleans. The irises, made of cloth, show an ironic sense of permanence against the appearance of decay, entropy, and age in the stone objects in the photograph. This is reinforced by the colors of the flowers against the predominance of grey tones throughout the remained of the image. Irises in White Marble Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/michaelmas-daisy-in-marble-urn/ 2016-10-17T21:31:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Lafayette-Alpine-Daisy-In-Marble-Urn.jpg Blue Michaelmas daisy in a marble urn in found still life photograph at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Symbolic of departure and journey, the blue Michaelmas daisy is presented alone in an aging and stained white marble urn. A single strand of gold Mardi Gras beads, wishing the departed joy in the afterlife, is draped over the flower, a common gesture in New Orleans cemeteries. The name of Steib on the urn probably indicates that the departed was a member of the German populations of New Orleans. Michaelmas Daisy in Marble Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/chrysanthemums-and-pink-lilies/ 2016-10-17T21:31:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Lafayette-Cemetary-White-Mums-Pink-Lillies.jpg Found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. Lilies are symbolic of innocence and purity based on being the flower of the goddess Hera, who took on those attributes in the Greek pantheon. The flower is also emblematic of the Virgin Mary, representing her virginity and purity. In funerals, the lily, due to its religious associations, expresses a desire that the departed has received restored innocence after death. The chrysanthemums, symbolic of death from the French and Spanish cultural roots of New Orleans, are frequently used at gravesites to convey lamentation and grief. Ironically, even though the flowers are cloth, they are placed in a vase filled with water. Chrysanthemums and Pink Lilies in a Glass Vase, Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/frequently-asked-questions/ 2016-05-03T22:44:09Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/red-rock-canyon-nevada-calico-hills/ 2016-10-17T21:31:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Red-Rocks-Canyon-Band-Of-White-And-Red-Rocks.jpg Stacking of geological formation in a landscape photograph at Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Stunning red and tan Aztec Sandstone appear to be fluid as it tumbles into the gulch of green desert vegetation in the foreground of the image. Somber and brooding, Turtlehead Mountain looks over the vividly colored outcropping of rocks below. Red Rocks at Calico Hills with Turtlehead Mountain, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/carlisle-bay-barbados-freighter-and-sailboat/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Barbados-Bridgetown-Freighter-And-Sailboat.jpg Seascape photograph over Carlisle Bay looking west at the Caribbean Sea from Bridgetown in Barbados. Below the horizon the sun paints the lower sky with glorious warm yellows and reds. Blues and indigos descend from the darkening zenith as the day ends. A sailboat begins a night sail as it clears Needhams Point, heading south into the gathering gloaming. Freighter and Sailboat on Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-on-the-water/naples-florida-white-sailboats/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Two-White-Sailboats-Apart.jpg Two sailboats in a seascape photograph offshore from Naples Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. As they sail apart from each other the sailboats appear to stretch the color and space between them. A hint of a fading wake through the fame points the direction of the two white boats to the north. White Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-pontoon-boat/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Florida-Single-Pontoon-Boat.jpg Pontoon boat in a seascape photograph inshore from Naples Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Just making its appearance, the pontoon boat shows a lethargy as it moves at a considered pace from the corner of the photo. Small, in the immensity of sea and sky, the boat feels insignificant. In spite of this, the bright white and red of the hull mark a significant contrast to the cobalt blue and azure green that predominates the photograph. Pontoon Boat on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/naples-florida-white-and-black-motorboats/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-White-And-Black-Motorboats.jpg Seascape photograph of a white and a black motorboat on the inland waters off Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. The boats exhibit a straight line tenacity to their path as they traverse the frame. There is a sense of urgency and purpose in their movement in contrast to the tranquil quietude of the sea and sky. A wake from a boat that has already passed out of view, like a memory, show in the foreground of the image. White and Black Motorboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/positano-italy-capri-ferry/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-of-Salerno-Capri-Ferry.jpg Gulf of Salerno with the ferry from Capri in a seascape photograph from Le Tese above Positano Italy. The deep blue tones closer inshore fade as the sea blends with the low clouds towards the horizon. Dagger-like, the ferry, with its trailing wake, stabs through the lower frame of the image as it speeds towards the Positano harbor. Capri Ferry on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/positano-italy-yacht-and-speedboat/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-Of-Salerno-Yacht-And-Speedboat.jpg Photograph of a luxury yacht and a speedboat from the peak of Le Tese above Positano on the Amalfi coast of Italy. With its launch, a large luxury yacht is stationary and at anchor. In contrast, the speedboat, further seaward on the Gulf of Salerno, streaks across the image. Fading into the distance, the deep indigo colors inshore give way to the pale blues and greys as the sea merges with low clouds towards the horizon. Yacht and Speedboat on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/positano-italy-ketch-and-speedboat/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-of-Salerno-Sailboat-And-Speedboat.jpg Seascape photograph of a schooner at anchor and a motor yacht on the Gulf of Salerno from the mountains above Positano Italy. The contrast of the stasis of the sailboat with the motorboat which speeds west up the Amalfi Coast towards Capri energy through the lower part of the frame. The deep blue waters inshore blend into the sky at the horizon in the background of the image. Schooner and Speedboat on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/bridgetown-barbados-pharmacy-and-arcade/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Barbados_OlympiaPharmacyPlairfairArcade.jpg Landscape photograph of two local businesses from downtown Bridgetown, Barbados. The ventures proudly present themselves to passersby with bright saturated red and green colors. The surroundings show pale and dingy against the strident and flamboyant expressions of existence. Haphazard installations of power, phone, and satellite apparatus demonstrate an exuberance of recency unusual in more established parts of the world. Olympia Pharmacy and Playfair Arcade, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/oak-island-north-carolina-sport-boat-at-anchor/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Sport-Fishing-Boat.jpg Sports boat on the Atlantic Ocean in a seascape photograph from Caswell Beach on Oak Island, North Carolina. Clouds high in the sky and forming over the horizon seem to envelop the boat as it is at anchor. The image provides a feeling of peace, quietude, and harmony of the disparate elements shown. Sport Boat at Anchor, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/oak-island-north-carolina-freighter/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Freighter-At-Cape-Fear-River.jpg Seascape of a freighter on the Atlantic from Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina. The ship is entering the mouth of the Cape Fear River on its way to the interior of the state. The clouds, echoing the forms of the ship, appear to be following it up the river. Freighter Entering Cape Fear River, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/oak-island-north-carolina-fishing-boat/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Fishing-Boat-Alone.jpg Seascape photograph of a fishing boat taken from Caswell Beach on Oak Island, North Carolina. Massive cumulus clouds stretch across the sky. An additional cloud band forms over the horizon in the background of the image. Racing over the water, a fishing boat’s wake cuts through the reflections of the clouds with an indifference to the immensity around it. Fishing Boat and Clouds, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/on-the-water/sorrento-italy-sailboat-and-mount-vesuvius/ 2016-10-17T21:30:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Sorrento-Mount-Vesuvius-And-Sailboat.jpg Sailboat on the Bay of Naples in a seascape photograph from Sorrento, Italy. Mount Vesuvius glowers and broods in the haze from the distant shore. In the foreground of the photograph, a sailboat, with a dingy in tow, returns to harbor in the late afternoon Italian light. Sailboat and Mount Vesuvius, Bay of Naples, Sorrento, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bonneville-salt-flats-utah-man-with-motorcycle/ 2016-10-17T21:30:36Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BonnevilleManTakingSelfieWithMotorcycle2.jpg Street photograph of a man taking a selfie with his motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. The location is at the entrance to the International Racetrack on the flats. The combination of the man, bike, and speedway is representative of aspects of American culture that equates masculinity with speed. The sleeveless white t-shirt emphasizes that milieu. Culturally similar is the western narrative of the wide open spaces and rugged untamed nature. His white shirt blends into the vast salt becoming a part of the expanse. The flats recede into the background of the photograph to mountains on the horizon. Man Taking Selfie with Motorcycle at Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/santa-monica-california-boy-in-blue-fishing/ 2016-07-14T13:48:41Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SantaMonica_BoyFishing.jpg Street photograph of a boy fishing from the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Dressed in all blue clothing the boy blends into the landscape with its predominant colors of sea and sky. Relying on nature to provide himself with both food and entertainment, through fishing, he becomes a part of nature setting. Boy in Blue Fishing from Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/naples-florida-woman-taking-picture/ 2016-07-14T13:48:41Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NaplesBoysTossingFootbalWomanTakingPicture.jpg Street photograph of boys tossing a football across the bottom of the frame while a woman takes a picture of the sunset from Naples, Florida. Engrossed in their game of catch, the boys are oblivious to the beauty of the sunset and tranquil waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Likewise, the woman ignores the play of the boys as she contemplates the display on her cell phone. Her striped dress echoes the horizontal striations that measure space into the sea and sky even as its visual energy contrasts with the quietude of the sunset light permeating the image. With a posture that makes her seem a supplicant, she comes into harmony with the natural panorama of the photograph. Boys Tossing Football and Woman Taking Picture, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/sorrento-italy-woman-at-sunset/ 2016-07-14T13:51:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sorrento-Italy-Woman-Walking-Ochre-Building.jpg Cityscape street photograph of a woman walking down a Sorrento sidewalk at sunset. The compositional structure of the setting for the woman is built of repeated groups of threes: three frames, three ochre panels, three objects on the advertising picture, and three representations of light sources. The walking woman is the only individual of note in the image. She appears in a contemplation of self-reflection as she passes through the bands of light crossing the sidewalk. Walking towards the light of the fading sun she becomes a transient participant in the relative permanence of the structure of the setting of the photograph. Woman at Sunset on Sorrento Street, Sorrento, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/lake-george-new-york-fog-on-the-lake/ 2016-10-17T21:29:33Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LakeGeorge_FogOverLake.jpg Morning light landscape photograph of the fog on Lake George from upstate New York. Montcalm Point can be seen on the left of the image with gloomy Shelving Rock Mountain behind. The bulge of Dome Island emerges from the still waters of the lake on the left in the background. A feeling of silence, serenity, and tranquility pervades the picture accentuated by the placid waters of the lake and soft textures of the clouds between the point and mountains. One can imagine that a morning such as this would have greeted the Neolithic Native Americans long before industrialization changed so much of the countryside. This primordial tone is tempered by the presence of a motor yacht, barely noticeable, far in the distance of the photo. Fog on the Lake and Shelving Rock Mountain, Lake George, New York https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/rome-italy-mendicant-on-bridge/ 2019-02-22T22:54:22Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Rome-Mendicant-On-Bridge.jpg Mendicant in a street photograph from the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II bridge over the Tiber in Rome, Italy. The woman is begging with a cup that shows the Virgin Mary and other religious symbols. In the background is the 2nd century Castel Sant’Angelo, originally commissioned by the pagan Roman emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum. Rome exudes religion, history, and the history of religion. The mendicant, seen in this context as a holy mendicant, carries on and extends the history of religiosity that extends back millennium. Mendicant on Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II and Tiber River, Rome Italy https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/north-cove-new-york-city-women-talking-by-wall/ 2016-07-14T13:48:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NorthCoveWomenTalkingByWall.jpg Street photograph of two sets of women on the Hudson River Esplanade south of the North Cove Marina in New York City. The two pairs of women, one pair older than the other, are engaged in apparently serious conversations. Of each, one of the women is dressed for exercise while the other is not. The interpersonal power dynamic seems reversed between the pairs based on their attire. The glow of the sandstone arc, in the light of the setting sun, symbolizes a passage of time between the groups in the photograph. Women Talking by Wall, Hudson River Esplanade, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/la-rochelle-france-tourists-with-towers/ 2016-07-14T13:48:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/France-La-Rochelle-Seated-Tourists-And-Towers2-copy.jpg Street photograph of tourists on the quay of the harbor at La Rochelle, France. Imposing and ominous the Saint Nicholas Tower and the Chain Tower dominate the town and harbor. Built in the 14th century, the Medieval towers played a part in sieges and battles, in particular the brutal religious wars between the Huguenots and the French crown, that occurred in this once strategically important part of France. Tourists visit the Saint Nicholas Tower in the background. In this very peaceful time throughout Europe, they are in many ways unaware of the profound existential threat that the castles were built to meet. The seated couple, at the end of the broad sweep that cuts through the foreground of the photograph, harkens to the military as the man looks into the distance with binoculars. Tourists with Saint Nicolas and Chain Towers, La Rochelle, France https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/french-quarter-new-orleans-black-star-motorcycle/ 2016-10-17T21:29:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Nola-Motorcycle-Green-Doors-Red-Walls.jpg Cityscape photograph of a black motorcycle in front of a 19th-century building on Ursulines Avenue in New Orleans. The street was named for the Catholic order of Ursuline Sisters who arrived in New Orleans in 1727 and had a significant impact on the development city The three green doors are a reference to the Christian Trinity which was critical to the order’s theological worldview. Shadows frame and stabilize the black motorcycle in the image’s rectilinear composition integrating it within the architecture of the building, and thereby developing a sense of historical continuity from the early 18th century to the present. Striking green and burnt sienna colors in the background of the picture form a counterpoint to blacks and chromes of the motorcycle. Even though the bike is part of the historical process of New Orleans, symbolized by geometric harmonies, it is yet of a notably different character as demonstrated by chromatic contrasts. Black Star Motorcycle with Green Doors on Ursulines Avenue, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/naples-florida-standing-by-the-rail/ 2019-02-23T15:23:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Naples-People-City-Pier-Rail-Girl-In-Pink-Bikini-copy.jpg Street photograph of people standing by the rail of the Naples City Pier in Naples Florida. In the strong Gulf of Mexico spring afternoon sunlight, people are shown in height order causing visual movement across the frame. The passage is punctuated by the figure at the end of the line who, though occluded by the shadow of his hat, directly engages the viewer by looking askance at the camera. Standing solidly in the center of the image, the woman in the pink bikini becomes the fulcrum of the composition. The color of her bathing suit forms a strong chromatic counterpoint to the blues and greens of sea, sky and the garb of the other subjects. The stacked clouds, in the background of the image, emphasize this structure linking the sky as if she is pulling its energy to herself. Naples, Florida – Standing by the Rail https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/college-boys-on-bourbon-street-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-07-14T13:48:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Four-Young-Men-copy.jpg Street photograph of college boys observing Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The boys gaze on, incredulous, tentative, and alienated from the events of the messy drunken humanity of the Bourbon Street scene. Their attire further separates them, not only the style of the clothing but colors as well. Facing in towards each other creates a closed group, they separate themselves from the aged and worn building in the background of the photograph as well as the revelers on the street. They are further isolated from the environment by the contrast with the plebeian and improvised motorized bicycle. College Boys on Bourbon Street by Tropical Isle Bar, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/naples-florida-family-on-the-beach/ 2016-07-14T13:47:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Naples-Florida-Umbrellas-On-Beach.jpg Photograph of a family at the beach in Naples Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. The image presents an idyllic setting and beatific seascape. As a landscape the sand, sea, and sky form receding layers into the frame. The curved outlines of the beach umbrellas are echoed in the shapes in the clouds. Harmony exudes as the family enjoys the water in the July Florida sun while the weather stands off to the west. Naples, Florida – Family on the Beach https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/oak-island-north-carolina-pelican-gliding/ 2016-10-17T21:29:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OakIslandPelicanGliding.jpg Landscape photograph of a pelican over the Atlantic from Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina. Silhouetted against sunset colors over the Atlantic a pelican soars in the evening light. The birds typically guild over the water late in the day looking for an evening meal. Pelican Gliding, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/bourbon-street-new-orleans-bouncers-stools/ 2016-10-17T21:29:01Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Two-Stools.jpg Cityscape photograph of bouncer’s stools in the morning light in front of Café Lafitte in Exile from New Orleans, Louisiana. Warm tones of the pine stools blend into the city’s ubiquitous nearly ochre coloring on the walls. The cafe was a haunt of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote when they lived in New Orleans and carries an important history on Bourbon Street. Parisian green shutter offset the pervasive warm tones of the image. The stools harken to the activity that will take place later in the Bourbon street day but now only hint at the ghosts of the people who are not there. The newness of the stools contrasts with the aged walls, shutter, and sidewalk in the photograph, indicating the passage of time and history that saturates the French Quarter in New Orleans. Bouncer’s Stools in Morning Light, Bourbon Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bourbon-street-new-orleans-man-standing-alone/ 2016-07-14T13:47:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Man-Thinking.jpg Street photograph of a man thinking outside a Bourbon Street bar in the fading light of the day from New Orleans, Louisiana. Alone with his thoughts and contemplating the revelry of Bourbon Street, the man stands isolated from the other people in the image. The building in the background of the photo is a French Colonial style, harkening back to the early 19th century. While the man, stationary within this passage of history in his 21st century garb, appears to experience a revelation of his role within this process. A ring of various states of dyed and lightened hair makes the man appear to have a halo like a wayward saint of Bourbon Street dissipation. Doors of classic New Orleans arsenic green measure space, in a regular rectangular pattern, forcing a temporal pacing across the frame of the picture. In the top of the image, the measurement is repeated with triangular motifs ending in a dormer window containing an American flag, a symbol that would have only be new at the time the building was built. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Man Thinking https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/brooklyn-library-mother-and-stroller/ 2016-07-15T13:53:33Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brooklyn-New-York-Library-Mother-And-Stroller-copy.jpg Woman with a stroller in front of the Brooklyn Library in a street photograph from the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Late afternoon light suffuses the scene with warm and gentle hues. A mother, dressed in striking greens and blue, pushes her baby stroller on the plaza. She is at a nexus of harmonizing blues and compositionally converging lines which points to and resolves in the entrance to the library. On the columns surrounding the doorway are literary and mythological figures. By association, the mother becomes like a 21st century version of a fertility goddess. The other people in the background find similarity with the figures on the doorway extending the correspondence between myth and reality. Mother and Stroller, Brooklyn, New York https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/yellow-marigolds-in-marble-vase/ 2016-07-26T13:23:56Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Papa-Mama-Yellow-Flowers.jpg Yellow Marigold flowers in a marble vase in a found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Inscribed in the vase are the words Papa and Mama showing a filial reverence to the departed. Symbolic of death and grief, yellow marigolds express a feeling of bereavement and tragedy of the loss of one’s parents. At the same time, the word marigold is derived from “Mary’s Gold”, as the flowers were used as offerings to the Virgin Mary in lieu of money offerings. The reference to the Virgin holds a hope of life and salvation. The tones of blacks, browns, and tans emerge on the image as whitewash fades from the stone of the crypt. The brilliant yellows of the flowers impart a sensation of the bright New Orleans sun. Pale blue washes of the marble vase provide a counterpoint to the predominant warm and dun colors of the photo. Behind the vase, forms are suggestive of the Abstract Expressionist painting of Clyfford Still and Robert Motherwell. Yellow Marigolds in Marble Vase, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/babys-breath-in-a-glass/ 2016-07-27T14:11:15Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Babys-Breath.jpg Baby’s Breath flowers in a glass tumbler in this found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Baby’s Breath is a symbol of innocence, everlasting love, and purity and as such frequently used in wedding bouquets, perhaps the ultimate celebration of life. In this use as a funerary memorial, the flowers emerge from the darkening gray as they progress towards the right of the image as if to contravene the recession of death. They appear as the order of nature against the chaos of brushstrokes from hastily applied whitewash, behind. Even though the flowers are made of plastic and cloth they have been placed in a glass, in the hope of continued life. With their own shadows, the flowers form a pyramid, contrasting the geometric framework of rectangular forms, imparting stability to the composition of the photograph. Baby’s Breath in a Glass, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/pale-flowers-in-whitewashed-urn/ 2016-08-03T12:19:55Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Pale-Flowers.jpg Still Life photograph of artificial pale flowers in a whitewashed urn from Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Misshapen and oblique, looking like an object from a cubist painting, the urn feels primitive and disturbed creating a sense of disorder and dissonance. Black tones of decay infect the marble shelf, creep into the background of the image, and mark the urn with swirls of entropy. Other than the flowers the palate of the images appears to be a 19th-century albumen type photograph, emphasizing the sense of age and decline. Against this, a bouquet of flowers, pale and graceful, provide an elegant relief to the dissonance and decay of the setting. Tender tones of the shadow light provide a gentleness and harmony to the image. Pale Flowers in Whitewashed Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/bouquet-in-a-stone-urn/ 2016-10-17T21:28:51Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Bouquet-In-Stone-Urn-copy.jpg An assorted bouquet with Black-Eyed Susan and Laurel branches in a found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Black-Eyed Susan is an American wildflower, symbolic of justice, while the laurel branches emerge from behind like a frieze. The laurel has a has a complex symbology from a token of martial victory to the resurrection of Jesus. It is a representation of eternal youth from the story of Apollo’s unrequited love of Daphne and her transformation into the evergreen Laurel tree. The bouquet’s artificial plants contrast with the stalk of seeding live grass on the right of the picture. Shadows frame and mollify the strict rectangular composition of the photo, anchored by the stone urn. Bouquet in a Stone Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/necropolis/roses-with-american-flag/ 2016-08-17T12:59:15Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-American-Flag-and-Poppies.jpg Rosary beads, an American flag, and a bouquet of roses in this found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans. The memorial is rich in history and religious symbolism. The pinks roses, the flower identified with the Virgin Mary since the earliest days of the Church, are displayed above a set of Rosary Beads including a cross. The letters on the vase invoke the name of Joseph, Mary’s husband. A Marian devotion of deep reverence is formed by the triangle of the bouquet and horizontal stone shelf. Above is the flag, emerging from the flowers emphasizing the relationship between Christian theology and the roots of American culture. Echoed by the seam in the marble, the staff of the flag completes a parallel structure with the background of the photograph. For the person venerated here, probably a veteran, the combination likely represented the core philosophical and motivation currents in their life. One can see the power of the unification of God and Country in this shrine of profound hope, joy, and the optimism in the promise of an afterlife of bliss. Roses with American Flag, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/wendover-utah-tetzlaff-peak-and-bonneville-salt-flats/ 2016-08-18T13:59:49Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Utah-Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Tetzlaff-Peak-Reflection.jpg Expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats with Tetzlaff Peak in the background of this landscape photograph from Wendover, Utah. The Bonneville Salt Flats is formed from massive lake that dried from a onetime depth of 1000 feet (300 meters). Minerals deposited form a great salt pan of about 30,000 acres (12,100 hectares). In the background of the image is Tetzlaff Peak which is 6,214 feet (1,894 meters) tall. The peak is part of the Silver Mountain Range. Clouds are reflected in a small pool of brine. Tetzlaff Peak and Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/castellabate-italy-santa-maria-castellabata-and-the-gulf-of-salerno/ 2016-08-30T14:00:35Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Italy-Campania-Castellabata-Looking-On-Santa-Maria-Castellabata.jpg Landscape photograph looking on the Gulf of Salerno from Castellabate in the southern region of Campania. A medieval town, built in the 12th century, Castellabate stands on a mountain about 900 feet (275 meters) above the southern edge of Gulf of Salerno Fading to pale blue with clouds hovering over its horizon the Tyrrhenian Sea can be seen in the fading background of the image. The hilltop town was built by a local abbot as his private residence. The seaside resort town of Santa Maria di Castellabate is on the water below the town. Jetties protect the town’s beaches which can be seen with their orderly rows of umbrellas. Once a hunting lodge for royalty, the Palazzo Belmonte, with its courtyard is situated in the lower left of the image. The medieval religious and secular aristocracy that once controlled the area has given way to the more democratic population of middle class vacationers. Santa Maria Castellabate and the Gulf of Salerno, Castellabate, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/lone-pine-california-mount-whitney-from-alabama-hills/ 2016-08-31T12:04:22Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/California-Mount-Whitney-Lone-Pine-Peak-Alabama-Hills.jpg Landscape photograph of the majestic Mount Whitney from the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine California. Used frequently as a setting for movies, especially Westerns, the Alabama Hills are part of California’s Owens Valley. Rounds and soft forms and tones of the potato shaped rocks of the Alabama Hills contrast in color and form with the jagged blues and greys of Sierra Nevada mountain range of which Mount Whitney is a part. Lone Pine Peak stands in the foreground left of the image. On the left of Mount Whitney is Wotan’s Throne with Mount Russell and Mount Carillon to the right. The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney stands at 14,505 feet (4421.0 m) Mount Whitney from Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/paestum-italy-pine-tree-with-the-temples-of-hera/ 2016-10-17T21:28:15Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Italy-Paestum-Temples-Of-Hera-And-Neptune-With-Pine-Tree.jpg Stone pine stands between the First and Second Temples of Hera in this landscape photograph from the ancient Greek ruins at Paestum in southern Campania. Built in the 7th and 5th centuries, respectively, the temples are part of a complex constructed by Greek colonists to the area. Full and round, the ubiquitous Italian stone pine tree dominates between the two ancient temples. Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and childbirth support the fertility symbol of the stone pine which continuously produces cones. Pine Tree with the Temples of Hera, Paestum, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/bourbon-street-new-orleans-creole-cottage-with-green-doors/ 2016-09-07T12:49:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-Orleans-Creole-Cottage-Green-Doors-copy.jpg Creole cottage from the French Quarter in this cityscape photograph from New Orleans. Brilliant morning sunshine reveals the rich colors of the building which contrasts with the more subdued sky. The author, Sherwood Anderson, is reported to have lived in this home at some point during his residence in New Orleans. Although the actual construction date is unknown, it appears that the building was first in existence sometime between 1810 and 1830. Showing modern variations of the classic color Creole scheme of Paris green and terracotta red the building is indicative of French Colonial style architecture with steeply sloped hipped gabled roof. Sporting its original Spanish Style Pantile roof, the diverse architectural methods show the disparate cultural currents in the city. A “For Rent” sign hanging at the right of the photograph emphasizes the use and re-use of structures over relatively long continuous duration in this part of the country. Creole Cottage with Green Doors, Bourbon Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/wendover-utah-blue-lake-and-bonneville-salt-flats/ 2016-09-08T12:21:54Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Utah-Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Blue-Lake.jpg Wetlands of Blue Lake and the surrounds in the foreground of this landscape photograph from south of Wendover Utah. Hot springs feed the wetlands areas with Blue Lake being the largest geothermal pond in the immediate area. The contrast of the surrounding desert and the lake accentuates the motifs of the region where, although it shaped and continues to shape the land, the actual presence of water is rare. Extending to the horizon in the background of the photo, the broad expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats feels like the white ghost of the great lake that it once was. Blue Lake and Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/death-valley-devils-golf-course-and-panamint-range/ 2016-09-09T13:11:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Death-Valley-Devils-Golf-Course-Panamint-Range-Wildrose-Peak.jpg Late afternoon landscape photograph of the Devil’s Golf Course with the Panamint Range in the background. Shadowing the sinking sun, the mountains provide a somber countenance clashing with the Devil’s Golf Course which is lit by the late afternoon sunlight streaming into the valley. The Devil’s Golf Course was created at the end of the Pleistocene ice age, about 10,000 years ago, from the mineral deposits of the evaporation of Lake Manley which once covered the valley. The Devil’s Golf Course is a large salt pan consisting primarily of substantial halite crystals. In the western distance looms Wildrose Peak, with an elevation of 9,064 feet (2,763 meters). The peak is part of the Panamint Range which forms the western side of Death Valley. Devil’s Golf Course and Panamint Range, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/death-valley-badlands-from-zabriskie-point/ 2016-09-13T12:34:50Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Death-Valley-Zabriskie-Point-Badland-Looking-South-copy.jpg Landscape photograph looking south at the badland formations that surround Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Although Death Valley is a part of the arid Mojave Desert, it speaks of water and deposits formed by water action. These badlands, consisting of desiccated saline muds and volcanic ash, were formed over several millions of years when the area was covered by ancient lakes. Clouds, forming a counterpoint to the direction of the land through the frame emphasize the correspondence to water in this desperately dry land. In the background of the image are the ominously named Funeral Mountains to the left and Black Mountain Range to the right. Badlands from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/red-hook-brooklyn-red-hook-grain-terminal-at-sunset/ 2016-09-15T12:58:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Brooklyn-Red-Hook-Grain-Terminal-Sunset.jpg Landscape photograph of the Red Hook Grain Terminal at sunset from the Erie Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Built early in the last century the Red Hook Grain Terminal was designed to support the grain shipping business from the mid-western United States. Although the terminal never fully fulfilled its intended purpose, due uncompetitive labor costs in New York City and the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, it remains a monument to the drive and optimism of American culture at that time. It is considered a magnificent work of engineering at 12 stories with fifty-four – 120 foot tall (37 meters) grain silos. The Grain Terminal is next to the Erie Basin, at one time a great shipping port, and at the mouth of the Gowanus Canal, once the gateway to the industrial heart of Brooklyn. Abandoned in 1965 the building is now fronted by a baseball fields, as seen in the foreground of the image. Red Hook Grain Terminal at Sunset, Brooklyn https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/central-park-new-york-city-sheep-meadow-and-central-park-south/ 2016-09-21T13:43:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-York-Central-Park-Sheeps-Meadow-Fall.jpg Looking south east from the Sheep Meadow in this landscape photograph of the park and buildings around Central Park South and 5th Avenue in New York City. Although, at one time the Meadow actually did have sheep which grazed on its grass, it is now used for large gatherings or sun worship during warmer weather. Central to the composition and flanked by the contemporaneous Pierre to the north is the Sherry Netherlands Hotel building which was constructed in the first quarter of the last century. The hotel is framed by the massive General Motors building from the 1960s. Even though the differences in age between these structures is relatively close they show a significant difference in the view of America expressed by their architecture. Late afternoon Autumn light flows through the fall foliage on the trees enhancing the crimson reds and golden yellows of the leaves. Shadows stripe the verdant grass enhancing the greens of the season. The photograph feels like a picture postcard of an idyllic vision of the city. Sheep Meadow and Central Park South, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/santa-maria-del-castello-italy-boat-on-the-gulf-of-salerno/ 2016-09-22T13:13:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Italy-Positano-Punta-Medico-Santa-Maria-Castello-And-Boat-copy.jpg Mountain top landscape photograph from Punta Medico above Positano on the Amalfi Coast. Looking south from the mountain of Punta Medico, a boat is seen on the Gulf of Salerno sailing from the pier at Positano. The peak of the Punta Medico is about 3011 feet (918 meters) above sea level. On the crest in the center of the image the medieval mountain top town of Santa Maria del Castello can be seen with its church overlooking the sea. Haze from the cool waters of the gulf causes the horizon to blend into the beautiful blue Mediterranean sky in the background of the photograph. Boat On the Gulf of Salerno from Punta Medico, Santa Maria del Castello, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/central-park-new-york-city-harlem-meer-with-fall-colors/ 2016-09-26T12:00:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-York-Central-Park-Harlem-Meers-Fall-Colors2-copy.jpg Landscape photograph of the trees surrounding Harlem Meer showing their fall colors from Central Park, New York City. Built as part of a northward extension of Central Park, Harlem Meer occupies much of the northeast corner of the park. Looking like an idyllic picture postcard, the foliage around the Meer sports its November hues or reds, yellows, and tans. Reflected in the still waters, the colors shimmer and provide a tranquil repose. Manhattan, with its drive and intensity, is indicated by the building revealed above the trees in the center background of the picture. Without this hint, the image could well be from a country setting far from the metropolis of New York. Harlem Meer with Fall Colors, Central Park, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/milston-united-kingdom-horses-and-equestrian-course/ 2016-09-27T17:28:56Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/England-Milston-Horses-And-Hunters-Course.jpg Late summer landscape photograph from Milston in Wiltshire Great Britain. Relaxing after their earlier exertions, the horses add to an idyllic English scene. A variety of clouds roll over the Salisbury Plain through a deep blue English sky. Were it not for some of the modern materials used in the hunter’s course, the scene could be from any time in the long period habitation in the region. The Plains are rich with archeological ruins such as Stonehendge, the Durrington Walls, and Old Sarum. There is a palpable feeling of a history of continuous occupation throughout the fields and plains of the area. Horses and Equestrian Course, Milston, United Kingdom https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/bathsheba-barbados-bajan-fishing-boat-01/ 2016-09-29T12:39:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Barbados-Blue-Fishing-Boat-and-Atlantic-Ocean.jpg Blue fishing boat in a makeshift dry dock on the Atlantic coast of Barbados. Small fishing is a common occupation in the island nation. Blues of the sky form a chromatic harmony with the once proudly painted vessel. In the background of the image, the Atlantic shows an uncharacteristic stillness and tranquility evoking a feeling of permanence in contrast to the abandoned boat, left to decay as evinced by the peeling paint and rust. Bajan Fishing Boat 01, Bathsheba, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/north-cove-new-york-city-storm-lifting-over-hudson-river/ 2016-10-05T12:21:56Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/New-York-Harbor-Jersey-City-With-Storm.jpg Cityscape photograph of a summer storm lifting over New York Harbor. Image is from North Cove in lower Manhattan looking west over the Hudson. Monolithic, the towers of Exchange Place in Jersey City glower like stern sentries over the Hudson River and New York Harbor. In the background of the landscape the sun lights the horizon. Storm Lifting over Hudson River – North Cove, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/islamorada-florida-pastel-houses-on-worksite/ 2016-10-06T12:12:57Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Florida-Islamorada-Pastel-Houses.jpg Landscape of pastel houses at an abandoned worksite on Lower Matecumbe Key, Islamorada, Florida. Contrasting with the natural color palette of the Florida Keys, the pastel greens, pinks, yellow, and blues of the structures form a chromatic contrast. As the colors of the houses, illuminated by the pure Florida morning sunlight, are inherently calm causing the divergent effect to feel restrained. Pristine in their newness and regularity, the buildings are out of place in the luxuriant chaos of the natural environment and uncompleted construction site. Pastel Houses on Worksite, Islamorada, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/southport-north-carolina-dock-and-red-lamp/ 2016-10-11T12:20:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/North-Carolina-South-Port-Red-Lamp-Over-Dock.jpg Landscape photograph of a dock with a red lamp from the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Looking out towards the of green marsh, tranquility and quietude pervade the idyllic scene. The image is divided into harmonic rectangular sections by the pilings, dock, lamp, and horizon with the lamppost and clouds providing relief from the regularity of the compositional structure. Dock and Red Lamp, Southport, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/napa-california-lake-hennessey-and-conn-creek/ 2016-10-12T13:11:26Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/California-Napa-Valley-Lake-Hennessey-Reservoir.jpg Landscape photograph of the inflow of Conn Creek into the Lake Hennessey Reservoir in Napa California. Built shortly after World War II to control flooding in the region, the lake provides the primary source of water to the city of Napa in the famous wire region. Chromatic contrasts between the area’s predominant dusty tan and sage green foliage and the blue of the sky and water symbolizes the relationship of the great agricultural valley. Delicate clouds gestures against the pale sky blues echo the landforms of the center and right of the image. Lake Hennessey and Conn Creek, Napa, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/death-valley-california-badlands-and-mountains-at-zabriskie-point/ 2016-10-13T12:15:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/California-Death-Valley-Zabriskie-Point-Crown-Badlands-And-Mountains.jpg Landscape of badlands from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. In the foreground of the image the badlands are seen as water carved bone-dry rills in the golden brown sedimentary rock. Dark material capping the badland ridge formations is ash from ancient volcanic eruptions. In the background of the photo are mountains the Amargosa Range which forms the eastern boarder of Death Valley. Badlands and Mountains at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/royal-street-new-orleans-old-louisiana-state-bank/ 2016-10-25T12:47:56Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/New-Orleans-Old-Louisiana-State-Bank-copy.jpg Sunset cityscape photograph of the old Louisiana State Bank in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Built in the 1820s by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe as the home of the Louisiana State Bank. The bank stands at the north west corner of Royal and Conti Streets in the French Quarter. The photograph is from the Conti street side. Founded in 1818, the bank was the first established in the state following its admission to the Union. On the right is the rear elevation of the bank which has the unusual large semi-circular bay and a wrought iron balcony around its curve at the second floor level. The bay has three French doors and looks onto a carriage yard. The brick structures in the center of the image are a later addition. The former carriage house and slave quarters on the left of the image. Shadows of ubiquitous dormered roofs can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. Old Louisiana State Bank, Royal Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/wards-island-new-york-hells-gate-bridge-viaduct/ 2016-11-02T15:00:00Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/New-York-Randalls-Island-Hells-Gate-Bridge-Approach-copy.jpg Cityscape photograph of the beautiful concrete arches of the Hell’s Gate Bridge viaduct on Wards Island in New York City. Overhead is the trackage of the bridge painted in Hell’s Gate Red. Spanning the East and Harlem Rivers the bridge forms a critical rail link between New England and the rest of the United States. Construction of the bridge began in the early Twentieth Century and was completed in 1917. The late afternoon sunlight shows the warm tones of the concrete piers of the viaduct as they contrast with the deep blue of the sky. Hell’s Gate Bridge Viaduct, Wards Island, New York https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/san-francisco-california-seagulls-on-torpedo-wharf-with-the-bridge/ 2016-11-03T11:54:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/California-San-Francisco-Torpedo-Wharf-Birds-Golden-Gate-Bridge.jpg Cityscape photograph of two seagulls sunning on Torpedo Wharf. The expanse of the picturesque recedes into the background of the towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Originally built as a mine depot in 1909 as part of the defense of the bay Torpedo Wharf is now a popular fishing spot. Seagulls loiter in hopes of getting a treat from fishermen. With its classic orange paint the Golden Gate Bridge provides a chromatic contrast to the variations of blues that dominate the background of the image. San Francisco, California, Seagulls on Torpedo Wharf with the Bridge https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/coney-island-new-york-jogger-on-boardwalk/ 2019-02-17T18:31:53Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Brooklyn-Coney-Island-Jogger-And-Parachute-Jump.jpg Eyes occluded by her blue hat, a woman jogs on the Coney Island boardwalk in a street photograph from Brooklyn, New York. The setting is the nearly empty Coney Island Boardwalk. Once the site of a vibrant amusement park that catered largely to New York’s working and middle classes, the area is a poor echo of its former glory. Surrounding the remnants of the boardwalk and piers are public housing and other signs of blight and decay. Built for the 1939 World’s Fair, the Parachute Drop stands as a monument of a time of greater optimism, even in the midst of the Great Depression, for the future of the United States. Now, the boardwalk stands as a nearly empty shell propped up by momentum and state funding. Coney Island, New York – Jogger on Boardwalk https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bourbon-street-louisiana-woman-on-phone/ 2019-02-22T22:21:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Woman-On-Phone-Voodoo-Shop.jpg Street photograph of a woman making a cell phone call outside a Bourbon Street Voodoo shop. The store front is named after an early 19th Creole practitioner of Voodoo in New Orleans. Although Voodoo was once a proud expression of animist roots from African religions it is now largely a curiosity. The commonplace power of technological advances of the 20th and 21st centuries, as seen in layers in the foreground of the photograph, have reduced the numinosity of these old beliefs to insignificance. They have become no more than attractions for visitors to New Orleans. The woman on the phone is like a beacon of light against the flat and closely held colors of the shop. Her bright white shirt and striking fuchsia purse testify to the advances made by regular people over the course of centuries. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Woman on Phone https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/bourbon-street-louisiana-gandalf-and-flags/ 2019-02-22T22:39:49Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Gandalf.jpg Photograph of costume character of Gandalf with sign that reads “Gandalf needs money for weed”. Street photograph is from Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Gandalf, in bright white, reflects the Pelican figure from the Louisiana State flag above him. The building that houses the bar is from the 19th Century while the people are representative in attitude or attire of the 21st. The effect is discordant. The flags provide a historical continuity between the time periods. On his cell phone, presumably listening to music, the walker, at right, represents a modern consumer of portable electronic services as he approaches the opportunity to purchase cheap drinks or engage Gandalf’s entertainment services. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Gandalf and Flags https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/venus-platform-chichen-itza-couple-taking-selfie/ 2019-02-24T22:17:58Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chichen-Itza-Couple_Back_Selfie_Stick.jpg Photograph of a couple standing in front of the Venus Platform in Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The setting they are using for the background is El Castillo, the great sun pyramid that is the architectural and religious center of the site. The platform was used to track the planet Venus and aided the Mayans in calculating agricultural and other cycles of the year. The economic and social class that the tourists represent would likely be non-existent in Pre-Columbian Mayan culture. The contrast between the lover’s joyful and almost offhand experience is profound considering the Mayans would have viewed the temples as vitally necessary for their very survival. Their simple presence represents the revolutionary achievements of contemporary western culture. Venus Platform, Chichen Itza – Couple Taking Selfie https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/east-river-ferry-new-york-city-man-texting/ 2019-04-25T16:12:39Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orthodox-man-texting-east-river-ferry-new-york.jpg Street photograph of an orthodox man writing a text on the deck of the East River Ferry as it crossing to Queens. Sitting behind him, in contrast to his deep intensity, are tourists enjoying the pleasure of the boat ride. The conflict between the process of assimilation and a desire to remain separate is evidenced by the man’s physically and mindful self-selected isolation while immersed in the technology of the larger culture. Background lights from the skyline form a correspondence with the light from the phone, further emphasizing the man’s connection to the embracing community of which he is a part. East River Ferry, New York City – Man Texting https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/lower-east-side-new-york-city-lost-women/ 2019-04-25T16:14:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/two-women-on-street-corner-lower-east-side.jpg Two women check directions on their phones in this street photograph from the Lower East Side section of New York. Standing in front of a construction fence, part of the neighborhood’s increasing gentrification, they represent the new visitors to this once blighted neighborhood. The Lower East Side was historically a slum for new immigrants to Manhattan. Over the past few decades it has increasingly become a shopping and partying area for the affluent young, adventurous enough to venture away from the more settled parts of Manhattan. Lower East Side, New York City – Lost Women https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/woodside-queens-new-york-city-woman-walking-dog/ 2019-04-20T21:49:46Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/woman-walking-dog-woodside-motel-queens.jpg Woman waling her dog while interacting with her phone. She is strolling in front of a small local hotel in the Woodside residential section of Queens in New York City. There is a strong contrast between the feeling of permanence of residency versus the feeling of extreme transience of the hotel. The flat wet light is characteristic of the borough of Queens while the deep blue of the north sky enlivens the closely held palette of reds and yellows. Woodside, Queens, New York City – Woman Walking Dog https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/south-street-seaport-new-york-city-couple-kissing/ 2019-04-26T18:31:17Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/couple-kissing-with-bridges-pier-17.jpg With the three downtown East River Bridges in the background a couple is kissing for a souvenir picture in this street photograph from Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport, New York City. Occluded by the shade, another couple, more restrained, looks on while chatting. Indicative of what much of the kissing and chatting is about, a baby stroller takes a prominent position in the composition. Looking north up the river feels like the movement of time into the optimism of the future. South Street Seaport, New York City – Couple Kissing https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/couple-with-indigenous-portraits-united-nations-new-york/ 2019-05-03T19:12:05Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/couple-with-indigenous-portraits-united-nations-new-york.jpg An unusual couple, such as is seldom seen outside of New York City, are having a luncheon on park benches outside the United Nations in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Highly polished formal studio portraits of people in indigenous costumes show an idealized world vision of pre-modern historical cultural expressions that do not really exist anymore. The vision, as stated within the portraits, may have always been a fantasy. The couple express their own cultural role in an significantly more complex and intensely individualistic manner that defies the simple stereotypes of the background images. The red of the woman’s hat and shirt finds color harmonies with the clothing is some of the portraits, but the correspondence only emphasizes the differences between fantasy and reality. United Nations, New York City – Luncheon in the Park https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/woman-in-brown-on-earphones-phone-call/ 2019-05-04T19:55:41Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/woman-in-brown-on-earphones-phone-call.jpg Looking east down 42nd Street, a woman stands inside an aluminum doorway in a street photograph from midtown of New York City. Apparently on a telephone call, the woman is dressed in composed, closely held, colors of muted maroons and browns. These colors contrast with the discordant green colored florescent construction lights in the doors behind her. While observing, she is evidently deep in thought concerning the conversation, she stands apart from the street. Midtown, New York City – Woman with Earphones https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/women-with-klimt-umbrella-flatiron-building/ 2019-05-25T20:18:36Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/women-with-klimt-umbrella-flatiron-building.jpg In one of the most icon neighborhoods in the history of photography and art from the early twentieth century, three women huddle from the rain under an umbrella of Gustav Klimt print fabric. The orange of the umbrella is like a beacon, while still integrated into the scene by the sharp points of yellows and oranges on a field of browns. Cleaving the frame like a ship’s prow, the Flatiron Building stands majestic and glorious amongst remnants of the history of the neighborhood from the late 19th century to the present. The women are only the temporally quick participants in the passage of time in this street photograph. Flatiron District, New York – Women with Klimt Umbrella https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/street-photographer-pier-35-east-river-new-york-city/ 2019-06-07T20:40:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/street-photographer-pier-35-east-river-new-york-city.jpg Tentative, detached, and contemplative a street photographer ponders the scene that is out of the frame. The photographer is at Pier 35 on the East River in Manhattan. Expressing himself anachronistically by photographing with an old-style film-based camera, the man presents himself as if he were a hippie living in the 1960’s. Appearing to desire separation from the time he is observing he stands both central in the frame but isolated from the setting. Pier 35, East River, New York – Street Photographer https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/woman-on-bicycle-queensboro-bridge-new-york-city/ 2019-06-09T17:47:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woman-on-bicycle-queensboro-bridge-new-york-city.jpg Zipping along on the green painted bike lane on a rented bicycle, a woman rides into the shadows of the overpass of the Queensboro bridge. This area of Manhattan shows layers of the history of the city of New York as the elegance and solidity of the stone architecture of the anchor of the bridge contrasts with mid-20th and current architecture. Utilizing a bicycle, a technology from the 19th century, this 21st century American takes advantage of changing ideas of urban transportation. Queensboro Bridge, New York City – Woman on Bicycle https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/tree-blue-wall-sunset-industrial-area-red-hook-new-york/ 2019-07-01T21:02:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tree-blue-wall-sunset-industrial-area-red-hook-new-york.jpg Sunset in one of the older industrial areas in the Reed Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn New York. Interplay of lines from old style above ground utility pole against the slats of the side of the warehouse provide dynamic visual movement. Contrast of the incongruity of struggling foliage with the concrete and metal echoes the blue wall and warms tones of the sunset. Red Hook, New York – Industrial Area at Sunset https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/gowanus-canal-williamsburg-saving-bank-building-brooklyn-new-york/ 2019-10-29T21:43:54Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gowanus-canal-williamsburg-saving-bank-building-brooklyn-new-york.jpg Landscape photograph of a man reading by the Gowanus Canal at sunset. Brilliantly lit in the background, the Williamsburg Bank tower glows against a clear sky. Once one a great engines of Brooklyn’s industrial and commerce economy, the bank was taken over by Republic Bank and then HSBC. In the last century, one of the most polluted waterways in the country, the Gowanus Canal has been much improved from the days where it was frequently Day-Glo colored from chemicals being dumped from the industries that lined its banks. On the right of the photograph, calmly reading in late afternoon by a significantly cleaner Gowanus, the man symbolizes a changed vision of the role that Brooklyn now plays in the life of New York City. Gowanus, Brooklyn – Canal and Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/statue-of-liberty-two-flags-couple-harbor/ 2019-07-06T15:14:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/statue-of-liberty-two-flags-couple-harbor.jpg In late afternoon sunlight, a couple sits on the transom of a sailboat in New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty is centered in the photograph with two flags waving in the wind. One woman sits, posing like a statue while the other leans against the pushpit, relaxed and with her feet up. The couple participates in the interaction of the national symbols as revolutionaries by choices of their own existence. The great symbol of Liberty Enlightening the World is seen between the staff of the nautical flag and backstay, framing it in its own triangular composition. This separates the flags across the frame, while pulling the subjects together in a conceptual unity. Harbor, New York City – Women Sitting against Taffrail https://lightscrapes.com/revolutionaries/woman-posing-on-sailboat-with-financial-district/ 2019-07-11T18:38:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/woman-posing-on-sailboat-with-financial-district-sailgp.jpg Smiling in the late evening sun, a woman poses for a portrait against the backdrop of New York’s Financial District. Aware of her youthful good looks, she beams a radiant smile at her companion. The pale blue of her dress blends with the setting of blue sky and harbor water leaving the warm tones of her skin to become a luminous point of central compositional and psychological contrast to the photograph. Harbor, New York City – Woman Posing and Financial District https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/container-cranes-atlantic-basin-red-hook-brooklyn/ 2019-10-29T21:51:00Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/container-cranes-atlantic-basin-red-hook-brooklyn.jpg As the sun sets a passenger ferry sails into the Atlantic Basin from the Buttermilk Channel in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Atlantic Basin was built in the first half of the 19th century to support the shipping of goods from the Erie Canal to the rest of the world. Falling into disuse as the New York waterfront business faded, the Atlantic Basin saw resurgence with freight as part of the Red Hook Container Terminal and recently supporting the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Although, it is unlikely that New York will ever become the great shipping port that it once was, the Atlantic Basin shows an echo of those days in its current capacity. Red Hook, New York – Ferry Entering the Atlantic Basin https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/tree-orange-warehouse-wall-red-hook-brooklyn/ 2019-11-02T17:45:28Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tree-orange-warehouse-wall-red-hook-brooklyn.jpg Shimmering warmth from the late afternoon sunset, a young tree presents bright green leaves in this landscape photograph from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Presenting, in front of an orange brick warehouse wall, a remnant of the neighborhood’s industrial history, the tree is incongruous and imminent. It is a contrast of a mark of a waning context and sign of emergence. Red Hook, Brooklyn – Tree and Warehouse https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/summit-north-east-rock-and-path-cascade-mountain-adirondacks/ 2019-11-02T20:54:20Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/summit-north-east-rock-and-path-cascade-mountain-adirondacks.jpg Landscape photograph from Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Looking north east through the Keene Valley with Whiteface Mountain on the left and the Jay Mountain Wilderness to the right. The clarity of the air allows for the stacking of atmospheric effects. Cascade Mountain, Adirondacks – Summit and Keene Valley https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/high-falls-gorge-adirondacks-new-york-cascading-waterfalls-and-rocks/ 2019-11-03T21:36:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/high-falls-gorge-adirondacks-new-york-cascading-waterfalls-and-rocks.jpg Pristine and primordial a mountain stream cascades through a steep rock gorge in this landscape photograph from High Falls Gorge in the Adirondacks in New York State. With 700-foot cliffs on either side, the rustic gorge is a fault line through which the Ausable River flows. The river runs through much of the Adirondacks park towards its destination of Lake Champlain. High Falls Gorge, Adirondacks – Cascading Mountain Falls https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/lilly-pond-finger-lakes-cummings-nature-center/ 2019-11-30T17:34:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/lilly-pond-finger-lakes-cummings-nature-center.jpg Lush water lilies growing in a highland pond in this landscape photograph from the Finger Lakes in New York. Mixed pine and hardwood forest surround the meadow boarding the woodland pond. Due to the elevation the clouds appear to scrape the tops of the trees. Although part of a park, the area has the semblance of a natural and virgin beauty to it. Cummings Nature Center, Finger Lakes – Lilies on a Highland Pond https://lightscrapes.com/earth-dreams/canandaigua-lake-naples-farmhouse-window-shadow-and-mirror/ 2020-01-18T20:26:31Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/canandaigua-lake-naples-farmhouse-window-shadow-and-mirror-scaled.jpg Afternoon light streaming through a farmhouse window near Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes. Clear and delicate the sunlight in the Finger Lakes part of New York has a characteristic gentleness. Water in the air from the lake, and the northern climate, softens the summer sun. Giving the photograph an early 20th Century feel to it the light hearkens Stieglitz interiors from his summer house in Lake George. Naples, Canandaigua Lake – Farmhouse Window https://lightscrapes.com/hassidic-man-with-east-river-and-williamsburg-bridge-williamsburg-new-york-city/ 2016-02-21T22:27:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WilliamsburgSingleOrthodoxManBridge_LS-150x150.jpg A Hassidic man walks on the promenade of Shaffer’s Landing, once the shipping pier of the large commercial brewer. The man is wearing the traditional garb of the 19th century sect of which he is member. The early 20th century Williamsburg Bridge arches over the East River to point to the man. His shtreimel is echoed in the top of the lamp and caps of the bridge standards. These tie him and his history to the culture of contemporary New York. Hassidic Man with East River and Williamsburg Bridge, Williamsburg, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/couple-kissing-on-bench-battery-park-new-york-city/ 2016-02-21T21:29:01Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BatteryParkCoupleKissing_LS-150x150.jpg Couple in an impassioned kiss on a marble benches in Battery Park. Others are performing normal weekend activities at the Battery Garden restaurant in contrast to the intensity of the absorption of the couple. In the background, towers of the New York City Financial District loom over the setting, somber and monumental. The couple becomes involuntary actors within the cultural and historical framework of their surroundings. Couple Kissing on Bench, Battery Park, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/woman-in-pink-skirt-with-cellphone-on-marcy-avenue-station-platform-williamsburg-new-york-city/ 2016-02-26T17:04:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BrooklynWomanInPinkMarcyAve_LS-150x150.jpg Woman is waiting for a train at the Marcy Avenue subway station in Williamsburg and filling the time on her phone. The early 21st century smartphone and early 20th century technology of the subway infrastructure show both temporal contrast and continuum. The view down the tracks emphasize the progression of time, repeated orthogonals rapidly emerge from the background, in anticipation of the arrival of the train. The pink and red colors finds correspondence with other parts of the platform but, at the same time provides visual separation from the platform. That the woman is looking directly at the viewer to invite them to contempt the setting. Woman in Pink Skirt on Marcy Avenue Station, Williamsburg, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/man-reading-at-the-beach-santa-maria-di-castellabate-italy/ 2016-02-21T21:32:19Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Castellabate_ManReadingOnBeach_LS-150x150.jpg Man sitting on a red plastic chair reading surrounded by the beach accoutrement and toys from his family. The man is reminiscent of a rough ancient Roman solider but is engaged in a cerebral activity. The classical device of a pyramid of the central arrangement of the family’s group of object contrasts with the convex structure of the 19th century background of buildings and a temporarily constructed soccer field. Shadows along the left edge of the frame measure space to the larger crowd of bathers providing compositional unification while showing a psychological isolation of distance. Although the reader is a part of the setting his deep contemplation of the book internally isolates him from the environment. Man Reading at the Beach, Santa Maria di Castellabate, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/man-in-blue-and-woman-by-painting-st-pauls-church-new-york-city/ 2016-02-21T21:33:09Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ManInBlueWithPainting_LS-150x150.jpg A broken man, in a blue shirt and contrasting jaundiced complexion, walks along the foreground wearing objects of contemporary portable status: a watch, fashionable sunglasses, and running shoes. His posture is reminiscent of the rigidity of ancient Egyptian murals. A woman distractedly contemplates the figure while in the process of a prosaic action. She stands before a large mural of the crucifixion and other historical events leading to the attacks on the World Trade Center. On the left is the graveyard from St. Paul’s church that extends the theological and historical progressions across the frame. The locked blue diamant bike establishes a chromatic correspondence with the man’s shirt and therefore with the man as he is locked into the hardness of the tragedy that his life has become. Man in Blue and Woman by Painting, St Paul’s Church, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/woman-illuminated-by-the-oculus-pantheon-rome-italy/ 2016-02-21T21:44:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RomeWomanInOculusVirginPainitng_LS-150x150.jpg Woman stands illuminated by the oculus of the ancient Roman temple of the Pantheon. She is at the crux of a cross formed by white bands. She stands isolated from others who are obscured by or emerging from the darkness. A white line leads from the central figure to the woman walking with her child. The fertility symbolism is echoed by the painting of the Virgin of the Girdle, to the left. Woman Illuminated by the Oculus, Pantheon, Rome, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/men-smoking-on-sidewalk-and-chamber-of-commerce-building-san-francisco/ 2016-02-21T21:45:48Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SanFran_MenSmokingChamberOfCommerce_LS-150x150.jpg Men standing smoking are illuminated by a shaft of light streaming between buildings opposite. They are casually dressed compared to the man with a phone dressed in a suit. The image is framed by the Mining Exchange and Russ Building, with a replica of the Empire State Building behind; all representative of the business communities when erected. The smokers appear to be technology workers, representative of the current milieu. Men Smoking on Sidewalk and Chamber of Commerce Building, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/jogger-in-pink-santa-monica-california/ 2016-02-21T21:46:19Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SantaMonica_JoggerInPink_LS-150x150.jpg A well-groomed woman in bright pink garb with platinum blond hair walking on the Ocean Front Walk. She appears next to brightly colored signs indicating where walking is permitted and a list or what is prohibited. The sand around the palm trees is raked and the rest of the beach groomed, providing a correspondence of personal presentation between the two. Culture impacts both the woman and environment in a like manner. Jogger In Pink, Santa Monica, California https://lightscrapes.com/brooklyn-bridge-east-river-new-york-city/ 2016-02-21T21:58:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BrooklynBridgeShadowsOnWater_LS-150x150.jpg Elegant in her Gothic majesty, the Brooklyn Bridge arches over the East River in the clear fall afternoon sun. The bridge has been a constant for over a century and a quarter as the anchor neighborhoods of Dumbo and the Fish Market have undergone radical transformations. The maritime related industries, that once banked the shores of the river, have given way to residential buildings and recreation establishments. Undergoing renovations at the time of this image, the bridge endures as a monument to the optimism, ambition, and courage of the generation who fought the Civil War. Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/us-93-alt-and-white-hourse-mountian-elko-county-nevada/ 2016-02-24T18:52:35Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EastNevada_WhiteMountia_US_93_ALT_LS-150x150.jpg On the empty road in the arid lands of north eastern Nevada the earth is broad and distances are deceptively vast. Largely unpopulated, the yellow line of the road cutting it like a knife, the land has a sense of the infinite. Light and colors are as clean and pure as the sky and the light. It is places like this where prophets and shamans would go to speak with God. Desolate, vacant, and straight as a streak of light the desert road carries with it a touch spiritual for the contemporary driver, holding the promise of speed and unimpeded travel. US-93 Alt and White Horse Mountain, Elko County, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/island-of-capri-from-the-east-italy/ 2016-02-21T22:00:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Italy_Positano_CapriFromTheEast_LS-150x150.jpg Emerging from the deep blue of the Tyrrhenian Sea the island of Capri stands as a sentinel to the entrance Bay of Naples. A cloud, of its own making, hovers over Monte Solaro like a cap. Most the land is uninhabited as it is composed of rock mountains and abysses that even the trees have trouble clinging to. On the left, the islands of Scoglio del Monacone and Faraglioni greet one to the Marina Piccola where the wealthy denizens moor their yachts and schooners. Beautiful blues of the sea against harsh rocky greys, homes of ancient emperors counter those of contemporary entrepreneurs and entertainers, and the vacationers opposed to local fishermen it is an island of contrasts and contradictions. Island of Capri from the East, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/wire-box-with-oyster-shells-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-02-21T22:01:47Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/LafetteCemetaryWireBoxWithOysterShells_LS-150x150.jpg Like a pagan altar, a wire box lays, slightly askew, before the aging marble of a tomb at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. The box is filled with oyster shells, Mardi Gras beads, and dead leaves emphasizing the animist aspects of the contents of the frame as alms for the dead. The supplicant who crafted this endeavored to decorate it with serpentine cable ornamenting the diminutive shrine anticipating a restoration of a right relationship with sacred order. Wire Box with Oyster Shells, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/papa-mama-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-02-21T22:02:17Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/LayfeetCemetaryPapaMama_LS-150x150.jpg A concrete vase holds the remnants of faded marigolds at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. The image is almost a grisaille with hints of tans from the flowers and brushings of greens moss. The words “Papa Mama” carved in a white marble pedestal honor the joy that the family once held in common. Interactions of shadow and damp New Orleans sunlight form a framework for the flowers, vase, and pedestal. Papa Mama, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/black-flowers-and-party-beads-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-02-21T22:03:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SL1_BlackFlowers_LS-150x150.jpg Black roses before the bare brick of a tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans demonstrates that there are more unusual religions supported in the Crescent City than common in the rest of the country. Party beads, clam shells, and the flowers are indicative of the animist religions that are practiced locally. The objects become symbols of celebration in life remembered by the friends and family that assembled the little alter. Black Flowers and Party Beads, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/cloth-roses-in-glass-vase-with-bricks-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-02-21T22:09:52Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SL1_RosesGlassVaseBricks_LS-150x150.jpg Colors of three cloth roses contrast with the greys of a plaster wall on a tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans. Bricks support the fragile crystal vase, which holds the flowers, from being disturbed. The harmonic regularity of the floral arrangement affords a resolve to the random application of the textures of the plaster. It appears that a great deal of care went into the arrangement attesting to a reverence of the tomb’s occupant. Cloth Roses in Glass Vase with Bricks, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/clouds-and-contrails-caswell-beach-oak-island-north-carolina/ 2016-02-22T15:56:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OakIslandCloudsAndContrails_LS-150x150.jpg A fishing boat, amidst the immensity of the of the sea and sky, heads towards the mouth of the Cape Fear River off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina. The feeling of the seascape is vast as the forward edge of a storm front lumbers in blocking the sun. Jet contrails streak the sky giving added dimension to the sky. Clouds and Contrails, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/freighter-and-watermans-boat-on-carisle-bay-from-needhams-point-bridgetown-barbados/ 2016-02-26T17:08:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Barbados_FreightAndWatermansBoatBridgetown_LS-150x150.jpg The sun punches through the scattered late afternoon clouds over a tropical sea over Carlisle Bay from Needhams Point in Barbados. On the bay are a derelict freighter and a waterman’s craft. The exotic feel of the tropical sea is contrasted with the timbre of business and industry from commercial ships. A painter’s palette of greys and yellow decorate the western sky while the hand of God presents a background of exaltation and the holiness of nature within which the ships sail. Freighter and Waterman’s Boat on Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/gower-gulch-with-aguereberry-point-from-zabriskie-point-death-valley-2/ 2016-02-22T20:13:48Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DeathValley_GowerGulchZabriskiPoint_LS-150x150.jpg Even though Death Valley is one of the most parched places on the earth the impact of water is everywhere. Glower Gulch, as seen from Zabriskie Point is the ghost of a stream that appears to flow through the arid tufa and sand carving a valley on its way. In the background is the floor of the graben of Death Valley with salt pans iridescent in the unforgiving sun. The concentrations of minerals that brought many ambitious men to this hard land colors the earth as it marches towards Aguereberry Point and the Panamint Range in the distance. Gower Gulch with Aguereberry Point from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley https://lightscrapes.com/jogger-in-pink-santa-monica-california-2/ 2016-02-26T17:55:33Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Santa-Monica-Jogger-In-Pink-150x150.jpg A well-groomed woman in bright pink garb with platinum blond hair walking on the Ocean Front Walk. She appears next to brightly colored signs indicating where walking is permitted and a list or what is prohibited. The sand around the palm trees is raked and the rest of the beach groomed, providing a correspondence of personal presentation between the two. Culture impacts both the woman and environment in a like manner. Jogger In Pink at the Beach, Santa Monica, California https://lightscrapes.com/cloth-flowers-and-palms-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-02-27T23:00:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Lafayette-Cemetery-Palm-Cloth-Flowers_LS-150x150.jpg An urn holds a surfeit of cloth flowers at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the New Orleans Garden District. Even though the flowers are artificial they appear to be withering in the heat of the New Orleans sun. The dried palm frond and its shadow point across the photograph with a serrated movement. Cloth Flowers and Palms, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/cattle-on-the-range-cherry-creek-nevada/ 2016-02-27T23:11:17Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nevada-Cherry-Creek-Cattle-On-The-Range_LS-150x150.jpg Cattle grazing on the range outside the ghost town of Cherry Creek in north eastern Nevada. The photograph shows an immensity as clouds brush the sky and provide dimension, measuring space into the photograph. Although the are no signs of people, the cows are symbols thereof in the vast emptiness. Cattle Grazing on the Range, Cherry Creek, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/arches-hells-gate-bridge-wards-island-new-york-city/ 2016-03-01T22:41:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Wards-Island-Hells-Gate-Arches_LS-150x150.jpg Under the arches of the approach of the majestic Hell Gate Bridge, one of the main rail links between New England and the rest of the United States. The photograph shows the repeated forms and shadows providing a rhythm and measuring space into the frame. The warm tones of the late afternoon spring sunlight find a resolve with the patch of pale blue sky that shows from between the foreground arches. Evident is the beautiful sense form coupled with an industrial drive that characterized the early part of the last century, when the bridge was built. Arches Hell Gate Bridge, Wards Island, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/woman-posing-on-bonneville-salt-flats-wendover-utah/ 2016-02-29T13:07:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Woman-Posing-150x150.jpg Photograph of a man photographing a woman striking a yoga pose on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Flats are a massive salt pan flat as a table top. The distances and emptiness give one the sense of overwhelming irrelevance and insignificance of the tiny figures. However, drawing a correspondence between the two, the woman’s pose is echoed in the forms and shapes of the clouds in a lapis blue sky.Photograph of a man photographing a woman striking a yoga pose on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Flats are a massive salt pan flat as a table top. The distances and emptiness give one the sense of overwhelming irrelevance and insignificance of the tiny figures. However, drawing a correspondence between the two, the woman’s pose is echoed in the forms and shapes of the clouds in a lapis blue sky. Woman Posing on Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/jogger-in-pink-shorts-under-manhattan-bridge-and-east-river-new/ 2016-02-29T18:19:33Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Runner-In-Pink-Shorts-Under-Manhattan-Bridge-150x150.jpg Woman jogging on the East River Greenway along the river and under the Manhattan Bridge. Overhead is interleaved the FDR Drive elevated highway. The image is primarily tones of cool early spring blues of the river, sky, and bridge with counterpoints of pinks from the jogger and handrail. The photograph is both a landscape of the New York City with a street image of the earnest jogger separated by the curved lines receding into the frame. Jogger in Pink Shorts under Manhattan Bridge and East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/clearing-storm-over-ellis-island-and-statue-of-liberty-new-york/ 2016-02-29T19:11:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-York-Harbor-Storm-Clearing-Statue-Of-Liberty-150x150.jpg Reminiscent of Hudson Valley School landscapes, the photograph shows New York Harbor after a summer storm has blown through. In the central middle ground are Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The warm tones of the late afternoon summer sun contrast with the pale blues of the emerging sky. The remembrance of the drama of the storm gives way as the clouds are reluctantly pushed out to the Atlantic. Clearing Storm over Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/white-sailboat-and-clouds-at-sunset-caswell-beach-oak-island/ 2016-03-01T15:41:59Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Oak-Island-Sailboat-And-Clouds-150x150.jpg A white sailboat sails toward the setting sun off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina. Sun warm toned cumulus clouds chase the boat across the horizon of the photograph. The forms of the clouds echo the shape of the sailboat giving a sense of stability across the photographic frame. White Sailboat and Clouds at Sunset, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/cloth-lilies-and-inscription-of-mother-lafayette-cemetery-no-1/ 2016-03-01T22:31:00Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lafayette-Cemetery-Lilies-Mother-150x150.jpg Cast concrete urn with cloth lilies at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the New Orleans Garden District. Tones of greys and browns dominate the photograph with points of color to provide relief. Brilliant white cloth lilies give sparkle and a sense of the midday New Orleans sun light. Carved in the base of the urn is the word mother giving voice to the most basic relationship of our species with the whites and lilies symbolic of its purity. Carved letters in the marble of the background are reminiscent of the pedestals of ancient Roman statuary. Cloth Lilies and Inscription of Mother, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/woman-taking-photograph-by-the-temple-of-hera-paestum-italy/ 2016-03-05T17:03:17Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Paestum-Temple-of-Hera-Woman-Taking-Photo-150x150.jpg A woman takes a photograph with her phone while standing between columns of the ancient Greek temple of Hera. She stands isolated at the apex of ziggurat shaped light streaming through the temple. The columns divide the photograph into sections, emphasizing the isolation of the figure while incorporating her into a cultural dialog of the perception of womanhood and contrasting models of femininity. Woman Taking Photograph by the Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/manhattan-and-brooklyn-bridges-with-the-east-river-new-york-city/ 2016-03-06T20:51:57Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Brooklyn-And-Manhattan-Bridges-East-River-150x150.jpg The photograph shows the grace of the Brooklyn Bridge in contrast to the with the industrial pragmatism of the Manhattan Bridge. Although only forty years separate these two glorious suspension bridges that traverse the East River, they show the extraordinary changes in America’s view of itself in over those decades. On the right of the photograph, the Brooklyn Bridge shows nascent modernism in its elegant forms of the suspension cables draped over the 19th century Gothic forms and stone of the towers. Meanwhile the Manhattan bridge is stripped of nearly all decoration to a functional minimum of an all steel span. Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges with the East River, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/jogger-torpedo-wharf-and-alcatraz-at-the-presidio-san-francisco/ 2016-03-09T19:38:34Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/San-Francisco-Jogger-At-Torpedo-Wharf-150x150.jpg Solitary woman stretches in preparation for jogging photographed at Torpedo Wharf. Standing on a yellow block of concrete and dressed in chartreuse she contrasts the blue fields of the bay and sky. The wharf was part of fortifications which served to protect the San Francisco Bay and supported mine placement ships. In the distance in the photograph is Alcatraz, once a fortress and later prison. The woman, by her unconcern, shows the stark difference between the need for strong military infrastructure of prior periods and the contemporary state of relative peace. Jogger, Torpedo Wharf, and Alcatraz at the Presidio, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/sandstone-quarry-and-turtlehead-peak-red-rocks-canyon-nevada/ 2016-03-10T22:24:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Red-Rock-Canyon-Sandstone-Quarry-Turtlehead-Peak-150x150.jpg The Turtle Head Peak photographed from the Sand Stone Quarry. The peak is at the Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The mountain towers nearly 2000 above the abandoned 19th century stone quarry. The red sedimentary rock, rich with iron oxides, contrasts dramatically with the indigo desert sky. Sandstone Quarry and Turtlehead Peak, Red Rocks Canyon, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/husband-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-03-12T17:38:46Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lafayette-Cemetary-New-Orleans-Husband-150x150.jpg Aging cast urn is inscribed with the epitaph “Husband” in this still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the New Orleans. The theme of the photograph is a classic Vanitas still life painting reminiscent of post renaissance Netherlands and Flanders. In the urn is a red rose, symbol of love and vitality, but dried signifying the passing of the marital relationship of husband and wife. Other elements emphasize the sense of the temporary: dead leaves, bare twigs, pitted marble. In contrast are the sprigs of new plants that grow from under the urn. Their bright green provides a counterpoint to the muted greys, whites, and browns; thus promising re-birth and renewal. Husband, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/johns-deli-boardwalk-and-flags-coney-island-brooklyn/ 2016-04-01T15:47:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Coney-Island-Boardwalk-Johns-Deli-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the John’s Deli roast beef stand on the Coney Island boardwalk in New York City. Now only a thing of the past and waning memory is this symbol of old Coney Island. Placed at a primary entrance to the boardwalk, the stand fed hungry weekenders, and provided a livelihood to the proprietor’s hard working family. The American flags, once proudly displayed, have been left out for too many summers and are now tattered and disintegrating. The late afternoon sunset light imparts an ageing patina to the whites of the red, white, and blue color palette in this urban scene photograph. John’s Deli, Boardwalk, and Flags, Coney Island, Brooklyn https://lightscrapes.com/woman-illuminated-by-the-oculus-pantheon-rome-italy-2/ 2016-03-16T22:23:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rome-Pantheon-Woman-Oculus-Virgin-Painitng-150x150.jpg Woman stands illuminated by the oculus of the ancient Roman temple of the Pantheon in this photograph. She is at the crux of a cross formed by white bands. She stands isolated from others who are obscured by or emerging from the darkness. A white line leads from the central figure to the woman walking with her child. The fertility symbolism is echoed by the painting of the Virgin of the Girdle, to the left. Woman Illuminated by the Oculus, Pantheon, Rome, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/trail-through-the-alabama-hills-in-sun-and-shadow-lone-pine-california/ 2016-03-17T22:36:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/California-Alabama-Hills-Rocks-And-Clouds-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the Alabama Hills in the Owens Valley of California. Many western movies, notably Roy Rogers and John Wayne classics, were made in the Lone Pine region of which the Alabama Hills are a part. Cotton ball clouds drift against the deep blue sky casting shadows in bands over the landscape. Brilliant summer afternoon sun makes the ridges of ancient potato shaped rocks suggestive of weathered bones of a great mythical beast. The area is eerie and strange like the dream of a desert addled mystic. Trail through the Alabama Hills in Sun and Shadow, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/two-women-talking-on-bonneville-salt-flats-wendover-utah/ 2016-03-18T19:23:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bonniville-Salt-Flats-Two-Women-Talking-150x150.jpg Two women standing on the Bonneville Salt Flats discussing pictures they have taken in this photograph. The women are dwarfed and isolated by the whiteness of the vast, strange, and primordial salt pan. The scene is tranquil and empty, reminiscent of a Yves Tanguy dream. The women stand as a bubble of isolated energy focusing on a private conversation as they review the images on their phone and camera. Two Women Talking on Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/red-lichens-on-rocks-and-uinta-mountains-from-bald-mountain-deer-valley-utah/ 2016-03-23T17:44:38Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Deer-Valley-Bald-Mountian-Rocks-With-Red-Lichens--150x150.jpg Landscape photograph looking northeast over the beautiful Provo River basin in Deer Valley, Utah from the summit of Bald Mountain. Echoing the forms of the clouds, white rocks speckled with red lichens climb up to the pinnacle of the mountain. In the distance Deer Valley stretches to the Uinta range. The rows of clouds, some nearly at eye-level, measure space into the picture. Bald Mountain, part of a ski resort, is usually displayed covered with snow. Red Lichens on Rocks and Uinta Mountains from Bald Mountain, Deer Valley, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/woman-on-la-piazzetta-with-bay-of-naples-capri-italy/ 2016-04-01T17:06:19Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Capri-Woman-At-Piazzeta-Bay-Of-Naples-150x150.jpg Woman eating a sandwich sitting on a small boat on the La Piazzetta with Bay of Naples in the distance of the photograph from the island of Capri, Italy. Atmospheric effects, compositional structure, and the cool color palette are reminiscent of Maxfield Parrish paintings. In the idyllic setting the woman becomes suggestive of Parrish’s neoclassical personages. The figure’s prosaic action of taking her lunch, her contemporary clothing, and plastic shopping bag contrasts with the mythological allusions. An otherworldly quality is imparted to the picture as two divergent versions of reality appear simultaneously present. Woman on La Piazzetta with Bay of Naples, Capri, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/zabrislipointcolorbalence_1200/ 2016-04-02T14:37:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ZabrisliPointColorBalence_1200-150x150.jpg Zabriskie Point Color Balance Zabriskie Point Color Balance https://lightscrapes.com/central-keep-and-well-fort-carre-antibes-france/ 2016-04-04T14:58:45Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Fort-Carre-Centeral-Keep-Well-150x150.jpg Central keep with well and gates in an architectural photograph of Fort Carre at Antibes France. Constructed in the 16th century, the star shaped fortress guarded the entrance to Antibes’ harbor for over 400 years. Atmospheric of a different time and place, the central keep presents the visitor with a sense of an incomprehensibly alien Europe where active warfare was the norm and vigilance had to remain constant. Red podiums displaying placards with bits of information emphasize the building’s transformation from one needed for existential survival to an attraction for tourists. Shadows appear as if gear works of a clock intertwined with the circular forms of the keep illuminated by the mid-day Côte d’Azur sun. Central Keep and Well, Fort Carre, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/red-balcony-with-blue-shutters-antibes-france/ 2016-04-06T13:23:57Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Red-Balcony-Blue-Shutters-150x150.jpg Urban landscape photograph of a red balcony, blue shutters, and ochre wall in the medieval part of town in Antibes, France. The picture was made down the street from Picasso’s home. The area exudes a feel of broken and fractured space reminiscent of the master’s cubist vision. The shadows further distort and twist the plumb of the space as the morning sunlight streams through the street at a slant. Accentuated by the early morning Côte d’Azur light, warm colors predominate and are brightened by the pale blues of the shutters and diminutive doors in the center of the image. Red Balcony with Blue Shutters, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/rooftop-apartments-birds-jets-contrails-at-early-morning-antibes-france/ 2016-04-07T13:15:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Rooftop-Apartments-And-Jet-Contrails-150x150.jpg Rooftop apartments, birds, and jet contrails in a landscape photograph from Antibes, France. In the early morning Cote d’Azur sunlight, the scene shows a warm glow giving an overall sense of quietude and tranquility as the town begins to waken. The buildings appear to be evolved instead of planned, resulting in broken space and a distinctive individuality of the rooftops. They take on the broken reality of an early cubist painting. Broad sweeping gestures of jet contrails in sky contrasts to the nervous fractured geometric forms of the rooftops. Rooftop Apartments, Birds, Jets Contrails at Early Morning, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/buildings-with-blue-shutters-and-cannon-balls-at-early-morning-antibes-france/ 2016-04-09T15:59:23Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Yellow-Building-Blue-Shutters-Cannon-Balls-150x150.jpg Urban landscape photograph of homes in the old part of Antibes, France. The early morning Cote d’Azur sunlight provides a warm feel to the sleeping town. Pale blue shutters and the deep cobalt sky afford a color counterpoint to the yellows and tans of buildings and bricks. Cannonballs, in the foreground of the picture, affixed to the bricks, harken to the time when artillery would have been placed on the town wall facing the Rivera coast. The cubist atmosphere, that pervades this part of Provence, is evident here in the cascading rooftops and askew building walls. Buildings with Blue Shutters and Cannon Balls at Early Morning, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/artificial-red-roses-in-a-marble-vase-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-04-10T15:57:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Marble-Vase-Red-Roses-150x150.jpg Before a tomb, artificial red roses are presented in a marble vase in a found still life photograph at Saint Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The vase had been painted white, at one time, but the paint has aged, cracked, and likely been removed over time. The original dun tan color of the vase shows through and contrasts with the greys of the marble and concreate in the background. Ironically, the flowers appear nearly lifelike even though they are static and unchanging. The slow transformation as the paint on the vase deteriorates is the only symbol of transformation in the image. Artificial Red Roses in a Marble Vase, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/artists-palette-looking-towards-badwater-basin-death-valley-california/ 2016-04-11T16:32:29Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Death-Valley-Artists-Pallete-BadwaterBasin-150x150.jpg Cascading heavily eroded badlands mark the edge of the graben floor in this landscape photograph from Death Valley, California. In the distance is the Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. Clouds echoing the landforms emphasize the correspondence to water in this desperately dry land. Cars, tiny in the expanse of the valley, give scale to the scene. Artists Palette Looking towards Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/irises-in-glass-vase-with-mardi-gras-beads-st-louis-cemetery-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-04-12T17:43:29Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Irises-Glass-Vase-Party-Beads-150x150.jpg A glass vase holds cloth irises before a marble tomb in a found still life photograph at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The iris has a rich symbolism in many cultures and particularly for the French and New Orleans. A stylized iris, the fleur-de-lis, is the symbol of France. The emblem of the city of New Orleans itself is also the fleur-de-lis. These usages are likely some of the motivation for the flower’s appearance at this tomb. In funerary practice, the flower, symbol of the ancient Greek goddess Iris, would be placed on women’s graves to aid them in their journey to the underworld. In this picture, the iris, depicted with Mardi Gras beads, symbolizes another interpretation of the flower, that of loyalty and passion; an emblem of true romantic love. Irises in Glass Vase with Mardi Gras Beads, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/men-smoking-on-sidewalk-and-chamber-of-commerce-building-san-francisco-2/ 2016-04-13T14:22:38Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/San-Francisco-Men-Smoking-Chamber-Of-Commerce-150x150.jpg Men standing smoking are illuminated by a shaft of light streaming between buildings opposite. They are casually dressed compared to the man with a phone dressed in a suit. The image is framed by the Mining Exchange and Russ Building, with a replica of the Empire State Building behind; all representative of the business communities when erected. The smokers appear to be technology workers, representative of the current milieu. Men Smoking on Sidewalk and Chamber of Commerce Building, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/black-mountain-range-death-valley-california/ 2016-04-14T16:19:30Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Death-Valley-Three-Cloud-Layers-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph from the Artist’s Drive looking south at the Black Mountains in Death Valley, California. In the foreground, the flat plains are formed as a wash from a gulch that runs from the mountains to the northeast. Clouds form layers over the scene giving movement to the sky. Black Mountain Range, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/yellow-walls-with-red-tile-roof-at-sunrise-antibes-france/ 2016-04-18T14:07:58Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Yellow-Buildings-Red-Roof-Sunrise-150x150.jpg Yellow buildings with red tile roofs in an urban architectural photograph from the old section of Antibes, France. Golden and buttery tones glow warm in the Cote d’Azur sunrise over the French Rivera. The preponderance of yellows is relieved by the rich red of the classic Mediterranean roof tiles. Askew old building in intense clear light with oblique shadows show the cubist impression of Provence. It is no wonder that Picasso spent so much time in Antibes. Yellow Walls with Red Tile Roof at Sunrise, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/zabrislipointcolorbalence_5000k_2_lr/ 2016-04-18T19:38:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ZabrisliPointColorBalence_5000K_2_LR-150x150.jpg Zabriskie Point Color Balance 5000K Zabriskie Point Color Balance 5000K https://lightscrapes.com/pink-cloth-chrysanthemums-in-stone-urn-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-04-19T16:44:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Red-Fowers-Stone-Pot-Cracked-Tombstone-150x150.jpg Pink artificial cloth chrysanthemums in stone urn in front of a cracked tombstone in a found still life from Saint Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrysanthemums are generally considered a symbol of joy and cheer in most of the United States. For New Orleans, however, the French and Spanish roots of the culture are apparent where the chrysanthemum is considered a flower of mourning and funerals. A crack in the marble in the background of the image appears to be an additional flower, but a flower of absence, coming from the vase. Pink Cloth Chrysanthemums in Stone Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/dried-flower-stalks-in-a-marble-urn-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-04-19T17:08:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Dried-Stalks-In-Marble-Urn-150x150.jpg Found still life photograph of dead flower stalks in marble vase before a granite tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The image is a grisaille except for the tans of the flower stalks, providing relief from the prevalence of greys. Warm colors and hues present a symbol of the life they once possessed, now faded; analogous to the occupant of the tomb. Granite and marble textures contrast in a dissonance finding resolve in the harmonious geometric structure of the image. Dried Flower Stalks in a Marble Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/pink-roses-in-marble-vase-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-04-20T16:03:49Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-Orleans-Pink-Roses-In-Marble-Vase-150x150.jpg Pink roses in a marble vase with exposed bricks in the background of a found still life photograph from St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pink of the cloth roses is striking in their vibrant color in contrast with the somber greys and blacks of the tomb. Dilapidated and showing a patina of age, the dark bricks present a sense of the passage of time against the sparkle of the roses in the brilliant New Orleans sunlight. Shadows in the foreground of the photo echo the flowers evoking an off center symmetry joined by the form of the marble vase. Pink Roses in Marble Vase, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/rocky-hills-and-shadows-alabama-hills-lone-pine-california/ 2016-04-21T14:12:55Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Alabama-Hills-Rocky-Hills-150x150.jpg Clouds cast shadows over sections in a landscape photograph from the Alabama Hills in Lone Pines, California. Distance is measured into the image by the alternating bands of striking high desert sunlight and shade. The scene of ancient weathered potato shaped granite boulders is alien and bizarre, reminiscent of what the surface of Mars might look like. Persian blue sky and racing could appear as if a painted backdrop from one of the cowboy westerns that are frequently made here. Rocky Hills and Shadows, Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/yellow-chrysanthemums-and-orange-ribbon-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans-louisiana/ 2016-04-25T14:23:14Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Yellow-Chrysanthemums-Orange-Ribbon-150x150.jpg Yellow chrysanthemums and red poppies with an orange ribbon in a found still life at Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Taking on their traditional role, and showing the cultural influence of French and Spanish roots in New Orleans, the chrysanthemums are flowers used for mourning and grief. The poppy symbolism of repose and peace in death express a hope for the departed. The striking colors and smooth textures of the flower petals contrast with the stippled greys of the background of the picture. Yellow Chrysanthemums and Orange Ribbon, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana https://lightscrapes.com/dried-flower-petals-and-cross-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-04-25T19:21:30Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Cemetery-Petals-And-Cross-150x150.jpg Dried flower petals in a bowl in a found still life photograph at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. In a glass bowl and atop a granite pedestal, the flower petals appear as if a votive offering to a deity. Even though the cross is carved into the pedestal the arrangement is more pagan than Christian. The flickering light catches the dried petals to give them a feeling of a mystic inner glow. Dried Flower Petals and Cross, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/golden-gate-bridge-lime-point-and-horseshoe-bay-san-francisco/ 2016-04-26T14:57:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SanFrancisco-Golden-Gate-Bridge-150x150.jpg Golden Gate Bridge, Lime Point, and Horseshoe Bay in this landscape photograph from San Francisco, California. The image was taken from a boat as it passed below the bridge. Stately and majestic, the bridge arches over the bay. The Golden Gate Bridge embodies the optimism and drive that is part of the cultural makeup of the San Francisco Bay area. Red roofs on the buildings at Fort Baker, in the background of the picture, echo the reds of the bridge. Golden Gate Bridge, Lime Point, and Horseshoe Bay, San Francisco https://lightscrapes.com/blue-glass-vase-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-04-26T17:21:26Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Blue-Vase-150x150.jpg Empty blue glass vase in flickering light and shadow in a found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The vase is in shadow with feathered light forming shapes and directional movement on the marble slab in the background. Blue lead glass color is reminiscent of stained glass windows and expensive cut crystal showing honor to the departed with religious overtones. Blue Glass Vase, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/courtyard-by-the-hotel-deville-antibes-france/ 2016-04-28T14:07:08Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Antibes-Hotel-de-Ville-Arch-150x150.jpg Photograph of the Hotel de’Ville and courtyard in Antibes, France. Through the archway is the town market and main street. Shadows from the brilliant late morning Cote d’Azur sunlight breaks up the space forming cubist like facets within the image. Yellow tones of the walls in the foreground of the picture contrast with the cool clear colors of the marketplace through the arch. Courtyard by the Hotel de’Ville, Antibes, France https://lightscrapes.com/positano-from-the-gulf-of-salerno-positano-italy/ 2016-04-29T12:50:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Italy-Positano-From-Cove-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the Amalfi Coast town of Positano from just offshore from Spiaggia Grande and the boat dock. Buildings are stacked on top of each other as they climb the side of the mountain that the town is built on. Behind Positano, the peak of Le Tesa on the left and the Monti Lattari range on the right, rise dramatically from the Gulf of Salerno. Classic joyful Amalfi Coast colors of pastel oranges and pinks with a punctuation of brilliant whites of the buildings contrast with the brooding greens and greys of the mountains in the background of the picture. Positano from the Gulf of Salerno, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/irises-in-white-marble-urn-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-04-29T14:16:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lafayette-Cemetary-Irises-White-Marble-Urn-150x150.jpg Irises are placed in a white marble urn in this found still life photograph at St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Louisiana. The iris is a flower rich in symbolism from the French cultural roots of New Orleans. The irises, made of cloth, show an ironic sense of permanence against the appearance of decay, entropy, and age in the stone objects in the photograph. This is reinforced by the colors of the flowers against the predominance of grey tones throughout the remained of the image. Irises in White Marble Urn, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/michaelmas-daisy-in-marble-urn-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-05-02T19:24:30Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Lafayette-Alpine-Daisy-In-Marble-Urn-150x150.jpg Blue Michaelmas daisy in a marble urn in found still life photograph at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Symbolic of departure and journey, the blue Michaelmas daisy is presented alone in an aging and stained white marble urn. A single strand of gold Mardi Gras beads, wishing the departed joy in the afterlife, is draped over the flower, a common gesture in New Orleans cemeteries. The name of Steib on the urn probably indicates that the departed was a member of the German populations of New Orleans. Michaelmas Daisy in Marble Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/chrysanthemums-and-pink-lilies-in-a-glass-vase-lafayette-cemetery-new-orleans/ 2016-05-03T14:49:26Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Lafayette-Cemetary-White-Mums-Pink-Lillies-150x150.jpg Found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. Lilies are symbolic of innocence and purity based on being the flower of the goddess Hera, who took on those attributes in the Greek pantheon. The flower is also emblematic of the Virgin Mary, representing her virginity and purity. In funerals, the lily, due to its religious associations, expresses a desire that the departed has received restored innocence after death. The chrysanthemums, symbolic of death from the French and Spanish cultural roots of New Orleans, are frequently used at gravesites to convey lamentation and grief. Ironically, even though the flowers are cloth, they are placed in a vase filled with water. Chrysanthemums and Pink Lilies in a Glass Vase, Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/red-rocks-at-calico-hills-with-turtlehead-mountain-red-rock-canyon-nevada/ 2016-05-04T13:12:14Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Red-Rocks-Canyon-Band-Of-White-And-Red-Rocks-150x150.jpg Stacking of geological formation in a landscape photograph at Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Stunning red and tan Aztec Sandstone appear to be fluid as it tumbles into the gulch of green desert vegetation in the foreground of the image. Somber and brooding, Turtlehead Mountain looks over the vividly colored outcropping of rocks below. Red Rocks at Calico Hills with Turtlehead Mountain, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada https://lightscrapes.com/white-sailboats-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T13:20:38Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Two-White-Sailboats-Apart-150x150.jpg Two sailboats in a seascape photograph offshore from Naples Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. As they sail apart from each other the sailboats appear to stretch the color and space between them. A hint of a fading wake through the fame points the direction of the two white boats to the north. White Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/three-sailboats-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T21:08:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Florida-Three-White-Sailboats-150x150.jpg Three sailboats head north across the waters of the inland shelf off Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. The boats form an oblique triangle on the left of the photograph reflecting an impression of harmony and calm. Three Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/red-and-yellow-sailboats-with-spinnakers-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T21:32:53Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_RedAndYellowBoats-150x150.jpg Seascape photograph of a red and a yellow sailboats flying their spinnakers over the inland waters of Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. Sails straining with the weight of the wind, the boats race across the image frame. The interaction, in the picture, generates a tension between the two sailboats against the calm and tranquility the sea and sky. Red and Yellow Sailboats with Spinnakers on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/brown-sailboat-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T21:45:36Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_BrownSailboat-150x150.jpg A brown sailboat rushes across the band of blue and azure on the on the Gulf of Mexico off Naples Florida. The photograph shows a straight wake leading to the boat. Feeling squared and precise in the frame the boat conveys a sense of purpose and determination. Brown Sailboat on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/two-white-sailboats-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T21:54:34Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_TwoWhiteSailboatsClose-150x150.jpg Two white sailed boats converge on the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico off Naples Florida. The frame is measured out in bands of sand brightened chartreuse shallows, through indigo depths, and to a cobalt sky. Masts just piercing the horizon draw the sky to the sea. As a romantic interlude, they approach, yet on slightly different courses, never to meet. The sails press the bands of color from between them causing a focus of tension within the tranquility of the seascape. Two White Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/sailboat-with-blue-spinnaker-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T22:09:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_BlueSpinaker-150x150.jpg Flying its blue spinnaker, a sailboat draws across the waters of the inland shelf on the Gulf of Mexico seaward from Naples Florida. Running downwind the boat seems bestilled, barely cutting a wake. In truth, the potential of the power of the wind is seen as the sail arches forward. The curved shape of the kite is echoed by the bird across the frame. The two feel connected by the air of which they are creatures. In comparison. The connection is enhanced as they form the long side of an obtuse triangle, with the motorboat as the third vertex, which frolics overs the bands of sea and sky. Sailboat with Blue Spinnaker on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/freighter-and-sailboat-on-carlisle-bay-bridgetown-barbados/ 2016-05-06T22:17:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Barbados-Bridgetown-Freighter-And-Sailboat-150x150.jpg Seascape photograph over Carlisle Bay looking west at the Caribbean Sea from Bridgetown in Barbados. Below the horizon the sun paints the lower sky with glorious warm yellows and reds. Blues and indigos descend from the darkening zenith as the day ends. A sailboat begins a night sail as it clears Needhams Point, heading south into the gathering gloaming. Freighter and Sailboat on Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/pontoon-boat-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T22:22:21Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-Florida-Single-Pontoon-Boat-150x150.jpg Pontoon boat in a seascape photograph inshore from Naples Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Just making its appearance, the pontoon boat shows a lethargy as it moves at a considered pace from the corner of the photo. Small, in the immensity of sea and sky, the boat feels insignificant. In spite of this, the bright white and red of the hull mark a significant contrast to the cobalt blue and azure green that predominates the photograph. Pontoon Boat on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/white-and-black-motorboats-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida/ 2016-05-06T22:27:21Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples-White-And-Black-Motorboats-150x150.jpg Seascape photograph of a white and a black motorboat on the inland waters off Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. The boats exhibit a straight line tenacity to their path as they traverse the frame. There is a sense of urgency and purpose in their movement in contrast to the tranquil quietude of the sea and sky. A wake from a boat that has already passed out of view, like a memory, show in the foreground of the image. White and Black Motorboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/capri-ferry-on-the-gulf-of-salerno-from-le-tese-positano-italy/ 2016-05-06T22:34:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-of-Salerno-Capri-Ferry-150x150.jpg Gulf of Salerno with the ferry from Capri in a seascape photograph from Le Tese above Positano Italy. The deep blue tones closer inshore fade as the sea blends with the low clouds towards the horizon. Dagger-like, the ferry, with its trailing wake, stabs through the lower frame of the image as it speeds towards the Positano harbor. Capri Ferry on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/yacht-and-speedboat-on-the-gulf-of-salerno-from-le-tese-positano-italy/ 2016-05-06T22:39:21Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-Of-Salerno-Yacht-And-Speedboat-150x150.jpg Photograph of a luxury yacht and a speedboat from the peak of Le Tese above Positano on the Amalfi coast of Italy. With its launch, a large luxury yacht is stationary and at anchor. In contrast, the speedboat, further seaward on the Gulf of Salerno, streaks across the image. Fading into the distance, the deep indigo colors inshore give way to the pale blues and greys as the sea merges with low clouds towards the horizon. Yacht and Speedboat on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/schooner-and-speedboat-on-the-gulf-of-salerno-from-le-tese-positano-italy/ 2016-05-06T22:44:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Gulf-of-Salerno-Sailboat-And-Speedboat-150x150.jpg Seascape photograph of a schooner at anchor and a motor yacht on the Gulf of Salerno from the mountains above Positano Italy. The contrast of the stasis of the sailboat with the motorboat which speeds west up the Amalfi Coast towards Capri energy through the lower part of the frame. The deep blue waters inshore blend into the sky at the horizon in the background of the image. Schooner and Speedboat on the Gulf of Salerno from Le Tese, Positano, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/olympia-pharmacy-and-playfair-arcade-bridgetown-barbados/ 2016-05-09T12:51:35Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Barbados_OlympiaPharmacyPlairfairArcade-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of two local businesses from downtown Bridgetown, Barbados. The ventures proudly present themselves to passersby with bright saturated red and green colors. The surroundings show pale and dingy against the strident and flamboyant expressions of existence. Haphazard installations of power, phone, and satellite apparatus demonstrate an exuberance of recency unusual in more established parts of the world. Olympia Pharmacy and Playfair Arcade, Bridgetown, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/sport-boat-at-anchor-caswell-beach-oak-island-north-carolina/ 2016-05-10T16:54:20Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Sport-Fishing-Boat-150x150.jpg Sports boat on the Atlantic Ocean in a seascape photograph from Caswell Beach on Oak Island, North Carolina. Clouds high in the sky and forming over the horizon seem to envelop the boat as it is at anchor. The image provides a feeling of peace, quietude, and harmony of the disparate elements shown. Sport Boat at Anchor, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/freighter-entering-cape-fear-river-caswell-beach-oak-island-north-carolina/ 2016-05-10T16:59:53Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Freighter-At-Cape-Fear-River-150x150.jpg Seascape of a freighter on the Atlantic from Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina. The ship is entering the mouth of the Cape Fear River on its way to the interior of the state. The clouds, echoing the forms of the ship, appear to be following it up the river. Freighter Entering Cape Fear River, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/fishing-boat-and-clouds-caswell-beach-oak-island-north-carolina/ 2016-05-10T17:05:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Oak-Island-Fishing-Boat-Alone-150x150.jpg Seascape photograph of a fishing boat taken from Caswell Beach on Oak Island, North Carolina. Massive cumulus clouds stretch across the sky. An additional cloud band forms over the horizon in the background of the image. Racing over the water, a fishing boat’s wake cuts through the reflections of the clouds with an indifference to the immensity around it. Fishing Boat and Clouds, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/sailboat-and-mount-vesuvius-bay-of-naples-sorrento-italy/ 2016-05-10T17:08:47Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Italy-Sorrento-Mount-Vesuvius-And-Sailboat-150x150.jpg Sailboat on the Bay of Naples in a seascape photograph from Sorrento, Italy. Mount Vesuvius glowers and broods in the haze from the distant shore. In the foreground of the photograph, a sailboat, with a dingy in tow, returns to harbor in the late afternoon Italian light. Sailboat and Mount Vesuvius, Bay of Naples, Sorrento, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/man-taking-selfie-with-motorcycle-at-bonneville-salt-flats-wendover-utah/ 2016-05-11T12:53:29Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BonnevilleManTakingSelfieWithMotorcycle2-150x150.jpg Street photograph of a man taking a selfie with his motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. The location is at the entrance to the International Racetrack on the flats. The combination of the man, bike, and speedway is representative of aspects of American culture that equates masculinity with speed. The sleeveless white t-shirt emphasizes that milieu. Culturally similar is the western narrative of the wide open spaces and rugged untamed nature. His white shirt blends into the vast salt becoming a part of the expanse. The flats recede into the background of the photograph to mountains on the horizon. Man Taking Selfie with Motorcycle at Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/boy-in-blue-fishing-from-santa-monica-pier-santa-monica-california/ 2016-05-12T12:21:37Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SantaMonica_BoyFishing-150x150.jpg Street photograph of a boy fishing from the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Dressed in all blue clothing the boy blends into the landscape with its predominant colors of sea and sky. Relying on nature to provide himself with both food and entertainment, through fishing, he becomes a part of nature setting. Boy in Blue Fishing from Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California https://lightscrapes.com/boys-tossing-football-and-woman-taking-picture-naples-florida/ 2016-05-18T13:18:47Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NaplesBoysTossingFootbalWomanTakingPicture-150x150.jpg Street photograph of boys tossing a football across the bottom of the frame while a woman takes a picture of the sunset from Naples, Florida. Engrossed in their game of catch, the boys are oblivious to the beauty of the sunset and tranquil waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Likewise, the woman ignores the play of the boys as she contemplates the display on her cell phone. Her striped dress echoes the horizontal striations that measure space into the sea and sky even as its visual energy contrasts with the quietude of the sunset light permeating the image. With a posture that makes her seem a supplicant, she comes into harmony with the natural panorama of the photograph. Boys Tossing Football and Woman Taking Picture, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/three-sailboats-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-naples-florida-2/ 2016-05-27T16:54:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Naples_ThreeWhiteSailboats_FB_AIOSEO_Default-150x150.jpg Three sailboats head north across the waters of the inland shelf off Naples on the Gulf of Mexico. The boats form an oblique triangle on the left of the photograph reflecting an impression of harmony and calm. Three Sailboats on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/woman-at-sunset-on-sorrento-street-sorrento-italy/ 2016-05-31T12:35:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sorrento-Italy-Woman-Walking-Ochre-Building-150x150.jpg Cityscape street photograph of a woman walking down a Sorrento sidewalk at sunset. The compositional structure of the setting for the woman is built of repeated groups of threes: three frames, three ochre panels, three objects on the advertising picture, and three representations of light sources. The walking woman is the only individual of note in the image. She appears in a contemplation of self-reflection as she passes through the bands of light crossing the sidewalk. Walking towards the light of the fading sun she becomes a transient participant in the relative permanence of the structure of the setting of the photograph. Woman at Sunset on Sorrento Street, Sorrento, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/zabrislipointcolorbalence_5000k_3_lr/ 2016-05-31T20:47:14Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ZabrisliPointColorBalence_5000K_3_LR-150x150.jpg ZabrisliPointColorBalence – 5000K – 3 – LR ZabrisliPointColorBalence – 5000K – 3 – LR https://lightscrapes.com/fog-on-the-lake-and-shelving-rock-mountain-lake-george-new-york/ 2016-06-02T14:08:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LakeGeorge_FogOverLake-150x150.jpg Morning light landscape photograph of the fog on Lake George from upstate New York. Montcalm Point can be seen on the left of the image with gloomy Shelving Rock Mountain behind. The bulge of Dome Island emerges from the still waters of the lake on the left in the background. A feeling of silence, serenity, and tranquility pervades the picture accentuated by the placid waters of the lake and soft textures of the clouds between the point and mountains. One can imagine that a morning such as this would have greeted the Neolithic Native Americans long before industrialization changed so much of the countryside. This primordial tone is tempered by the presence of a motor yacht, barely noticeable, far in the distance of the photo. Fog on the Lake and Shelving Rock Mountain, Lake George, New York https://lightscrapes.com/mendicant-on-ponte-vittorio-emanuele-ii-and-tiber-river-rome-italy/ 2016-06-10T12:47:23Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Rome-Mendicant-On-Bridge-150x150.jpg Mendicant in a street photograph from the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II bridge over the Tiber in Rome, Italy. The woman is begging with a cup that shows the Virgin Mary and other religious symbols. In the background is the 2nd century Castel Sant’Angelo, originally commissioned by the pagan Roman emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum. Rome exudes religion, history, and the history of religion. The mendicant, seen in this context as a holy mendicant, carries on and extends the history of religiosity that extends back millennium. Mendicant on Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II and Tiber River, Rome Italy https://lightscrapes.com/women-talking-by-wall-hudson-river-esplanade-new-york-city/ 2016-06-13T14:01:21Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NorthCoveWomenTalkingByWall-150x150.jpg Street photograph of two sets of women on the Hudson River Esplanade south of the North Cove Marina in New York City. The two pairs of women, one pair older than the other, are engaged in apparently serious conversations. Of each, one of the women is dressed for exercise while the other is not. The interpersonal power dynamic seems reversed between the pairs based on their attire. The glow of the sandstone arc, in the light of the setting sun, symbolizes a passage of time between the groups in the photograph. Women Talking by Wall, Hudson River Esplanade, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/tourists-with-saint-nicolas-and-chain-towers-la-rochelle-france/ 2016-06-14T12:14:36Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/France-La-Rochelle-Seated-Tourists-And-Towers2-copy-150x150.jpg Street photograph of tourists on the quay of the harbor at La Rochelle, France. Imposing and ominous the Saint Nicholas Tower and the Chain Tower dominate the town and harbor. Built in the 14th century, the Medieval towers played a part in sieges and battles, in particular the brutal religious wars between the Huguenots and the French crown, that occurred in this once strategically important part of France. Tourists visit the Saint Nicholas Tower in the background. In this very peaceful time throughout Europe, they are in many ways unaware of the profound existential threat that the castles were built to meet. The seated couple, at the end of the broad sweep that cuts through the foreground of the photograph, harkens to the military as the man looks into the distance with binoculars. Tourists with Saint Nicolas and Chain Towers, La Rochelle, France https://lightscrapes.com/black-star-motorcycle-with-green-doors-on-ursulines-avenue-new-orleans/ 2016-06-15T12:17:22Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Nola-Motorcycle-Green-Doors-Red-Walls-150x150.jpg Cityscape photograph of a black motorcycle in front of a 19th-century building on Ursulines Avenue in New Orleans. The street was named for the Catholic order of Ursuline Sisters who arrived in New Orleans in 1727 and had a significant impact on the development city The three green doors are a reference to the Christian Trinity which was critical to the order’s theological worldview. Shadows frame and stabilize the black motorcycle in the image’s rectilinear composition integrating it within the architecture of the building, and thereby developing a sense of historical continuity from the early 18th century to the present. Striking green and burnt sienna colors in the background of the picture form a counterpoint to blacks and chromes of the motorcycle. Even though the bike is part of the historical process of New Orleans, symbolized by geometric harmonies, it is yet of a notably different character as demonstrated by chromatic contrasts. Black Star Motorcycle with Green Doors on Ursulines Avenue, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/naples-florida-standing-by-the-rail/ 2016-06-16T12:57:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Naples-People-City-Pier-Rail-Girl-In-Pink-Bikini-copy-150x150.jpg Street photograph of people standing by the rail of the Naples City Pier in Naples Florida. In the strong Gulf of Mexico spring afternoon sunlight, people are shown in height order causing visual movement across the frame. The passage is punctuated by the figure at the end of the line who, though occluded by the shadow of his hat, directly engages the viewer by looking askance at the camera. Standing solidly in the center of the image, the woman in the pink bikini becomes the fulcrum of the composition. The color of her bathing suit forms a strong chromatic counterpoint to the blues and greens of sea, sky and the garb of the other subjects. The stacked clouds, in the background of the image, emphasize this structure linking the sky as if she is pulling its energy to herself. Naples, Florida – Standing by the Rail https://lightscrapes.com/college-boys-on-bourbon-street-by-tropical-isle-bar-new-orleans/ 2016-06-20T13:50:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Four-Young-Men-copy-150x150.jpg Street photograph of college boys observing Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The boys gaze on, incredulous, tentative, and alienated from the events of the messy drunken humanity of the Bourbon Street scene. Their attire further separates them, not only the style of the clothing but colors as well. Facing in towards each other creates a closed group, they separate themselves from the aged and worn building in the background of the photograph as well as the revelers on the street. They are further isolated from the environment by the contrast with the plebeian and improvised motorized bicycle. College Boys on Bourbon Street by Tropical Isle Bar, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/family-on-the-beach-naples-florida/ 2016-06-21T12:13:47Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Naples-Florida-Umbrellas-On-Beach-150x150.jpg Photograph of a family at the beach in Naples Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. The image presents an idyllic setting and beatific seascape. As a landscape the sand, sea, and sky form receding layers into the frame. The curved outlines of the beach umbrellas are echoed in the shapes in the clouds. Harmony exudes as the family enjoys the water in the July Florida sun while the weather stands off to the west. Naples, Florida – Family on the Beach https://lightscrapes.com/pelican-gliding-caswell-beach-oak-island-north-carolina/ 2016-06-29T11:49:58Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OakIslandPelicanGliding-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of a pelican over the Atlantic from Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina. Silhouetted against sunset colors over the Atlantic a pelican soars in the evening light. The birds typically guild over the water late in the day looking for an evening meal. Pelican Gliding, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/bouncers-stools-in-morning-light-bourbon-street-new-orleans/ 2016-07-05T14:04:12Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Two-Stools-150x150.jpg Cityscape photograph of bouncer’s stools in the morning light in front of Café Lafitte in Exile from New Orleans, Louisiana. Warm tones of the pine stools blend into the city’s ubiquitous nearly ochre coloring on the walls. The cafe was a haunt of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote when they lived in New Orleans and carries an important history on Bourbon Street. Parisian green shutter offset the pervasive warm tones of the image. The stools harken to the activity that will take place later in the Bourbon street day but now only hint at the ghosts of the people who are not there. The newness of the stools contrasts with the aged walls, shutter, and sidewalk in the photograph, indicating the passage of time and history that saturates the French Quarter in New Orleans. Bouncer’s Stools in Morning Light, Bourbon Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/bourbon-street-louisiana-man-thinking/ 2016-07-14T13:41:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Man-Thinking-150x150.jpg Street photograph of a man thinking outside a Bourbon Street bar in the fading light of the day from New Orleans, Louisiana. Alone with his thoughts and contemplating the revelry of Bourbon Street, the man stands isolated from the other people in the image. The building in the background of the photo is a French Colonial style, harkening back to the early 19th century. While the man, stationary within this passage of history in his 21st century garb, appears to experience a revelation of his role within this process. A ring of various states of dyed and lightened hair makes the man appear to have a halo like a wayward saint of Bourbon Street dissipation. Doors of classic New Orleans arsenic green measure space, in a regular rectangular pattern, forcing a temporal pacing across the frame of the picture. In the top of the image, the measurement is repeated with triangular motifs ending in a dormer window containing an American flag, a symbol that would have only be new at the time the building was built. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Man Thinking https://lightscrapes.com/mother-and-stroller-brooklyn-new-york/ 2016-07-15T13:50:12Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brooklyn-New-York-Library-Mother-And-Stroller-copy-150x150.jpg Woman with a stroller in front of the Brooklyn Library in a street photograph from the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Late afternoon light suffuses the scene with warm and gentle hues. A mother, dressed in striking greens and blue, pushes her baby stroller on the plaza. She is at a nexus of harmonizing blues and compositionally converging lines which points to and resolves in the entrance to the library. On the columns surrounding the doorway are literary and mythological figures. By association, the mother becomes like a 21st century version of a fertility goddess. The other people in the background find similarity with the figures on the doorway extending the correspondence between myth and reality. Mother and Stroller, Brooklyn, New York https://lightscrapes.com/yellow-marigolds-in-marble-vase-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-or/ 2016-07-26T13:21:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Papa-Mama-Yellow-Flowers-150x150.jpg Yellow Marigold flowers in a marble vase in a found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Inscribed in the vase are the words Papa and Mama showing a filial reverence to the departed. Symbolic of death and grief, yellow marigolds express a feeling of bereavement and tragedy of the loss of one’s parents. At the same time, the word marigold is derived from “Mary’s Gold”, as the flowers were used as offerings to the Virgin Mary in lieu of money offerings. The reference to the Virgin holds a hope of life and salvation. The tones of blacks, browns, and tans emerge on the image as whitewash fades from the stone of the crypt. The brilliant yellows of the flowers impart a sensation of the bright New Orleans sun. Pale blue washes of the marble vase provide a counterpoint to the predominant warm and dun colors of the photo. Behind the vase, forms are suggestive of the Abstract Expressionist painting of Clyfford Still and Robert Motherwell. Yellow Marigolds in Marble Vase, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/babys-breath-in-a-glass-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-07-27T14:07:35Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Babys-Breath-150x150.jpg Baby’s Breath flowers in a glass tumbler in this found still life photograph at Lafayette Cemetery No 1, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Baby’s Breath is a symbol of innocence, everlasting love, and purity and as such frequently used in wedding bouquets, perhaps the ultimate celebration of life. In this use as a funerary memorial, the flowers emerge from the darkening gray as they progress towards the right of the image as if to contravene the recession of death. They appear as the order of nature against the chaos of brushstrokes from hastily applied whitewash, behind. Even though the flowers are made of plastic and cloth they have been placed in a glass, in the hope of continued life. With their own shadows, the flowers form a pyramid, contrasting the geometric framework of rectangular forms, imparting stability to the composition of the photograph. Baby’s Breath in a Glass, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/marble-urn-with-letter-m-st-louis-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-07-29T13:31:58Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Orleans-St-Louis-Cemetary-1-Marble-Urn-150x150.jpg Photograph of dried stalks and dead flowers in a marble urn at St. Louis Cemetery No 1 in New Orleans. The urn proudly displays a black letter ‘M’ carved into showing a logo like family symbol. The blue toned marble vessel contrasts with the dusty tan tones of the tomb which serves as a backdrop. Movement of spiral curves in the grains of marble contrast horizontal bands of the overall composition. Marble Urn with Letter M, St. Louis Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/pale-flowers-in-whitewashed-urn-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-08-03T12:17:07Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Pale-Flowers-150x150.jpg Still Life photograph of artificial pale flowers in a whitewashed urn from Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Misshapen and oblique, looking like an object from a cubist painting, the urn feels primitive and disturbed creating a sense of disorder and dissonance. Black tones of decay infect the marble shelf, creep into the background of the image, and mark the urn with swirls of entropy. Other than the flowers the palate of the images appears to be a 19th-century albumen type photograph, emphasizing the sense of age and decline. Against this, a bouquet of flowers, pale and graceful, provide an elegant relief to the dissonance and decay of the setting. Tender tones of the shadow light provide a gentleness and harmony to the image. Pale Flowers in Whitewashed Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/blue-and-pink-chrysanthemums-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-08-04T13:35:01Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Blue-Pink-Mums-B-150x150.jpg Letter ‘B’ on a cracked stone urn in a found still life with cloth chrysanthemums at Layfette Cemetery in the Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrysanthemums, normally seen as a symbol of cheer and joy in most of the United States, takes on their traditional French and Spanish meaning as a funeral flower representing mourning and grief. Battered by sun and age, the flowers assume a sadness aligned with their significance in a New Orleans cemetery. The geometric structure of the photo provides a framework of order against which the line of the crack in the vase and the flowers flow. Blue and Pink Chrysanthemums, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/bouquet-in-a-stone-urn-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-08-11T15:09:56Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-Bouquet-In-Stone-Urn-copy-150x150.jpg An assorted bouquet with Black-Eyed Susan and Laurel branches in a found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1 in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Black-Eyed Susan is an American wildflower, symbolic of justice, while the laurel branches emerge from behind like a frieze. The laurel has a has a complex symbology from a token of martial victory to the resurrection of Jesus. It is a representation of eternal youth from the story of Apollo’s unrequited love of Daphne and her transformation into the evergreen Laurel tree. The bouquet’s artificial plants contrast with the stalk of seeding live grass on the right of the picture. Shadows frame and mollify the strict rectangular composition of the photo, anchored by the stone urn. Bouquet in a Stone Urn, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/roses-with-american-flag-lafayette-cemetery-no-1-new-orleans/ 2016-08-17T12:56:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/New-Orleans-Lafayette-Cemetary-American-Flag-and-Poppies-150x150.jpg Rosary beads, an American flag, and a bouquet of roses in this found still life photograph from Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans. The memorial is rich in history and religious symbolism. The pinks roses, the flower identified with the Virgin Mary since the earliest days of the Church, are displayed above a set of Rosary Beads including a cross. The letters on the vase invoke the name of Joseph, Mary’s husband. A Marian devotion of deep reverence is formed by the triangle of the bouquet and horizontal stone shelf. Above is the flag, emerging from the flowers emphasizing the relationship between Christian theology and the roots of American culture. Echoed by the seam in the marble, the staff of the flag completes a parallel structure with the background of the photograph. For the person venerated here, probably a veteran, the combination likely represented the core philosophical and motivation currents in their life. One can see the power of the unification of God and Country in this shrine of profound hope, joy, and the optimism in the promise of an afterlife of bliss. Roses with American Flag, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/tetzlaff-peak-and-bonneville-salt-flats-wendover-utah/ 2016-10-17T21:35:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Utah-Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Tetzlaff-Peak-Reflection-150x150.jpg Expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats with Tetzlaff Peak in the background of this landscape photograph from Wendover, Utah. The Bonneville Salt Flats is formed from massive lake that dried from a onetime depth of 1000 feet (300 meters). Minerals deposited form a great salt pan of about 30,000 acres (12,100 hectares). In the background of the image is Tetzlaff Peak which is 6,214 feet (1,894 meters) tall. The peak is part of the Silver Mountain Range. Clouds are reflected in a small pool of brine. Tetzlaff Peak and Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/colorcorrectiongrid_20160818_lr/ 2016-08-18T18:18:43Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ColorCorrectionGrid_20160818_LR-150x150.jpg Harvey Hanig Color Correction Grid_20160818 Harvey Hanig Color Correction Grid_20160818 https://lightscrapes.com/santa-maria-castellabata-and-the-gulf-of-salerno-castellabate/ 2016-10-17T21:35:16Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Italy-Campania-Castellabata-Looking-On-Santa-Maria-Castellabata-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph looking on the Gulf of Salerno from Castellabate in the southern region of Campania. A medieval town, built in the 12th century, Castellabate stands on a mountain about 900 feet (275 meters) above the southern edge of Gulf of Salerno Fading to pale blue with clouds hovering over its horizon the Tyrrhenian Sea can be seen in the fading background of the image. The hilltop town was built by a local abbot as his private residence. The seaside resort town of Santa Maria di Castellabate is on the water below the town. Jetties protect the town’s beaches which can be seen with their orderly rows of umbrellas. Once a hunting lodge for royalty, the Palazzo Belmonte, with its courtyard is situated in the lower left of the image. The medieval religious and secular aristocracy that once controlled the area has given way to the more democratic population of middle class vacationers. Santa Maria Castellabate and the Gulf of Salerno, Castellabate, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/mount-whitney-from-alabama-hills-lone-pine-california/ 2016-08-31T12:01:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/California-Mount-Whitney-Lone-Pine-Peak-Alabama-Hills-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the majestic Mount Whitney from the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine California. Used frequently as a setting for movies, especially Westerns, the Alabama Hills are part of California’s Owens Valley. Rounds and soft forms and tones of the potato shaped rocks of the Alabama Hills contrast in color and form with the jagged blues and greys of Sierra Nevada mountain range of which Mount Whitney is a part. Lone Pine Peak stands in the foreground left of the image. On the left of Mount Whitney is Wotan’s Throne with Mount Russell and Mount Carillon to the right. The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney stands at 14,505 feet (4421.0 m) Mount Whitney from Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California https://lightscrapes.com/pine-tree-with-the-temples-of-hera-paestum-italy/ 2016-09-06T13:45:59Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Italy-Paestum-Temples-Of-Hera-And-Neptune-With-Pine-Tree-150x150.jpg Stone pine stands between the First and Second Temples of Hera in this landscape photograph from the ancient Greek ruins at Paestum in southern Campania. Built in the 7th and 5th centuries, respectively, the temples are part of a complex constructed by Greek colonists to the area. Full and round, the ubiquitous Italian stone pine tree dominates between the two ancient temples. Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and childbirth support the fertility symbol of the stone pine which continuously produces cones. Pine Tree with the Temples of Hera, Paestum, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/creole-cottage-with-green-doors-bourbon-street-new-orleans/ 2016-09-07T12:46:10Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-Orleans-Creole-Cottage-Green-Doors-copy-150x150.jpg Creole cottage from the French Quarter in this cityscape photograph from New Orleans. Brilliant morning sunshine reveals the rich colors of the building which contrasts with the more subdued sky. The author, Sherwood Anderson, is reported to have lived in this home at some point during his residence in New Orleans. Although the actual construction date is unknown, it appears that the building was first in existence sometime between 1810 and 1830. Showing modern variations of the classic color Creole scheme of Paris green and terracotta red the building is indicative of French Colonial style architecture with steeply sloped hipped gabled roof. Sporting its original Spanish Style Pantile roof, the diverse architectural methods show the disparate cultural currents in the city. A “For Rent” sign hanging at the right of the photograph emphasizes the use and re-use of structures over relatively long continuous duration in this part of the country. Creole Cottage with Green Doors, Bourbon Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/blue-lake-and-bonneville-salt-flats-wendover-utah/ 2016-09-08T12:17:20Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Utah-Bonneville-Salt-Flats-Blue-Lake-150x150.jpg Wetlands of Blue Lake and the surrounds in the foreground of this landscape photograph from south of Wendover Utah. Hot springs feed the wetlands areas with Blue Lake being the largest geothermal pond in the immediate area. The contrast of the surrounding desert and the lake accentuates the motifs of the region where, although it shaped and continues to shape the land, the actual presence of water is rare. Extending to the horizon in the background of the photo, the broad expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats feels like the white ghost of the great lake that it once was. Blue Lake and Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah https://lightscrapes.com/devils-golf-course-and-panamint-range-death-valley-california/ 2016-09-09T13:09:21Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Death-Valley-Devils-Golf-Course-Panamint-Range-Wildrose-Peak-150x150.jpg Late afternoon landscape photograph of the Devil’s Golf Course with the Panamint Range in the background. Shadowing the sinking sun, the mountains provide a somber countenance clashing with the Devil’s Golf Course which is lit by the late afternoon sunlight streaming into the valley. The Devil’s Golf Course was created at the end of the Pleistocene ice age, about 10,000 years ago, from the mineral deposits of the evaporation of Lake Manley which once covered the valley. The Devil’s Golf Course is a large salt pan consisting primarily of substantial halite crystals. In the western distance looms Wildrose Peak, with an elevation of 9,064 feet (2,763 meters). The peak is part of the Panamint Range which forms the western side of Death Valley. Devil’s Golf Course and Panamint Range, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/badlands-from-zabriskie-point-death-valley-california/ 2016-09-13T12:34:02Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Death-Valley-Zabriskie-Point-Badland-Looking-South-copy-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph looking south at the badland formations that surround Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Although Death Valley is a part of the arid Mojave Desert, it speaks of water and deposits formed by water action. These badlands, consisting of desiccated saline muds and volcanic ash, were formed over several millions of years when the area was covered by ancient lakes. Clouds, forming a counterpoint to the direction of the land through the frame emphasize the correspondence to water in this desperately dry land. In the background of the image are the ominously named Funeral Mountains to the left and Black Mountain Range to the right. Badlands from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/red-hook-grain-terminal-at-sunset-brooklyn/ 2016-09-15T12:58:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Brooklyn-Red-Hook-Grain-Terminal-Sunset-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the Red Hook Grain Terminal at sunset from the Erie Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Built early in the last century the Red Hook Grain Terminal was designed to support the grain shipping business from the mid-western United States. Although the terminal never fully fulfilled its intended purpose, due uncompetitive labor costs in New York City and the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, it remains a monument to the drive and optimism of American culture at that time. It is considered a magnificent work of engineering at 12 stories with fifty-four – 120 foot tall (37 meters) grain silos. The Grain Terminal is next to the Erie Basin, at one time a great shipping port, and at the mouth of the Gowanus Canal, once the gateway to the industrial heart of Brooklyn. Abandoned in 1965 the building is now fronted by a baseball fields, as seen in the foreground of the image. Red Hook Grain Terminal at Sunset, Brooklyn https://lightscrapes.com/sheep-meadow-and-central-park-south-new-york-city/ 2016-09-21T13:31:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-York-Central-Park-Sheeps-Meadow-Fall-150x150.jpg Looking south east from the Sheep Meadow in this landscape photograph of the park and buildings around Central Park South and 5th Avenue in New York City. Although, at one time the Meadow actually did have sheep which grazed on its grass, it is now used for large gatherings or sun worship during warmer weather. Central to the composition and flanked by the contemporaneous Pierre to the north is the Sherry Netherlands Hotel building which was constructed in the first quarter of the last century. The hotel is framed by the massive General Motors building from the 1960s. Even though the differences in age between these structures is relatively close they show a significant difference in the view of America expressed by their architecture. Late afternoon Autumn light flows through the fall foliage on the trees enhancing the crimson reds and golden yellows of the leaves. Shadows stripe the verdant grass enhancing the greens of the season. The photograph feels like a picture postcard of an idyllic vision of the city. Sheep Meadow and Central Park South, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/boat-on-the-gulf-of-salerno-from-punta-medico-santa-maria-del-c/ 2016-09-22T13:08:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Italy-Positano-Punta-Medico-Santa-Maria-Castello-And-Boat-copy-150x150.jpg Mountain top landscape photograph from Punta Medico above Positano on the Amalfi Coast. Looking south from the mountain of Punta Medico, a boat is seen on the Gulf of Salerno sailing from the pier at Positano. The peak of the Punta Medico is about 3011 feet (918 meters) above sea level. On the crest in the center of the image the medieval mountain top town of Santa Maria del Castello can be seen with its church overlooking the sea. Haze from the cool waters of the gulf causes the horizon to blend into the beautiful blue Mediterranean sky in the background of the photograph. Boat On the Gulf of Salerno from Punta Medico, Santa Maria del Castello, Italy https://lightscrapes.com/harlem-meer-with-fall-colors-central-park-new-york-city/ 2016-09-26T11:57:00Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/New-York-Central-Park-Harlem-Meers-Fall-Colors2-copy-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the trees surrounding Harlem Meer showing their fall colors from Central Park, New York City. Built as part of a northward extension of Central Park, Harlem Meer occupies much of the northeast corner of the park. Looking like an idyllic picture postcard, the foliage around the Meer sports its November hues or reds, yellows, and tans. Reflected in the still waters, the colors shimmer and provide a tranquil repose. Manhattan, with its drive and intensity, is indicated by the building revealed above the trees in the center background of the picture. Without this hint, the image could well be from a country setting far from the metropolis of New York. Harlem Meer with Fall Colors, Central Park, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/horses-and-equestrian-course-milston-united-kingdom/ 2016-09-27T12:20:03Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/England-Milston-Horses-And-Hunters-Course-150x150.jpg Late summer landscape photograph from Milston in Wiltshire Great Britain. Relaxing after their earlier exertions, the horses add to an idyllic English scene. A variety of clouds roll over the Salisbury Plain through a deep blue English sky. Were it not for some of the modern materials used in the hunter’s course, the scene could be from any time in the long period habitation in the region. The Plains are rich with archeological ruins such as Stonehendge, the Durrington Walls, and Old Sarum. There is a palpable feeling of a history of continuous occupation throughout the fields and plains of the area. Horses and Equestrian Course, Milston, United Kingdom https://lightscrapes.com/bajan-fishing-boat-01-bathsheba-barbados/ 2016-09-29T12:36:31Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Barbados-Blue-Fishing-Boat-and-Atlantic-Ocean-150x150.jpg Blue fishing boat in a makeshift dry dock on the Atlantic coast of Barbados. Small fishing is a common occupation in the island nation. Blues of the sky form a chromatic harmony with the once proudly painted vessel. In the background of the image, the Atlantic shows an uncharacteristic stillness and tranquility evoking a feeling of permanence in contrast to the abandoned boat, left to decay as evinced by the peeling paint and rust. Bajan Fishing Boat 01, Bathsheba, Barbados https://lightscrapes.com/storm-lifting-over-hudson-river-north-cove-new-york-city/ 2016-10-05T12:22:06Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/New-York-Harbor-Jersey-City-With-Storm-150x150.jpg Cityscape photograph of a summer storm lifting over New York Harbor. Image is from North Cove in lower Manhattan looking west over the Hudson. Monolithic, the towers of Exchange Place in Jersey City glower like stern sentries over the Hudson River and New York Harbor. In the background of the landscape the sun lights the horizon. Storm Lifting over Hudson River – North Cove, New York City https://lightscrapes.com/pastel-houses-on-worksite-islamorada-florida/ 2016-10-06T12:10:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Florida-Islamorada-Pastel-Houses-150x150.jpg Landscape of pastel houses at an abandoned worksite on Lower Matecumbe Key, Islamorada, Florida. Contrasting with the natural color palette of the Florida Keys, the pastel greens, pinks, yellow, and blues of the structures form a chromatic contrast. As the colors of the houses, illuminated by the pure Florida morning sunlight, are inherently calm causing the divergent effect to feel restrained. Pristine in their newness and regularity, the buildings are out of place in the luxuriant chaos of the natural environment and uncompleted construction site. Pastel Houses on Worksite, Islamorada, Florida https://lightscrapes.com/dock-and-red-lamp-southport-north-carolina/ 2016-10-11T12:17:18Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/North-Carolina-South-Port-Red-Lamp-Over-Dock-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of a dock with a red lamp from the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Looking out towards the of green marsh, tranquility and quietude pervade the idyllic scene. The image is divided into harmonic rectangular sections by the pilings, dock, lamp, and horizon with the lamppost and clouds providing relief from the regularity of the compositional structure. Dock and Red Lamp, Southport, North Carolina https://lightscrapes.com/lake-hennessey-and-conn-creek-napa-california/ 2016-10-17T21:34:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/California-Napa-Valley-Lake-Hennessey-Reservoir-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of the inflow of Conn Creek into the Lake Hennessey Reservoir in Napa California. Built shortly after World War II to control flooding in the region, the lake provides the primary source of water to the city of Napa in the famous wire region. Chromatic contrasts between the area’s predominant dusty tan and sage green foliage and the blue of the sky and water symbolizes the relationship of the great agricultural valley. Delicate clouds gestures against the pale sky blues echo the landforms of the center and right of the image. Lake Hennessey and Conn Creek, Napa, California https://lightscrapes.com/badlands-at-zabriskie-point-death-valley-california/ 2016-10-13T12:12:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/California-Death-Valley-Zabriskie-Point-Crown-Badlands-And-Mountains-150x150.jpg Landscape of badlands from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. In the foreground of the image the badlands are seen as water carved bone-dry rills in the golden brown sedimentary rock. Dark material capping the badland ridge formations is ash from ancient volcanic eruptions. In the background of the photo are mountains the Amargosa Range which forms the eastern boarder of Death Valley. Badlands and Mountains at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California https://lightscrapes.com/old-louisiana-state-bank-royal-street-new-orleans/ 2016-10-25T12:41:46Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/New-Orleans-Old-Louisiana-State-Bank-copy-150x150.jpg Sunset cityscape photograph of the old Louisiana State Bank in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Built in the 1820s by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe as the home of the Louisiana State Bank. The bank stands at the north west corner of Royal and Conti Streets in the French Quarter. The photograph is from the Conti street side. Founded in 1818, the bank was the first established in the state following its admission to the Union. On the right is the rear elevation of the bank which has the unusual large semi-circular bay and a wrought iron balcony around its curve at the second floor level. The bay has three French doors and looks onto a carriage yard. The brick structures in the center of the image are a later addition. The former carriage house and slave quarters on the left of the image. Shadows of ubiquitous dormered roofs can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. Old Louisiana State Bank, Royal Street, New Orleans https://lightscrapes.com/hells-gate-bridge-viaduct-wards-island-new-york/ 2016-11-02T14:56:58Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/New-York-Randalls-Island-Hells-Gate-Bridge-Approach-copy-150x150.jpg Cityscape photograph of the beautiful concrete arches of the Hell’s Gate Bridge viaduct on Wards Island in New York City. Overhead is the trackage of the bridge painted in Hell’s Gate Red. Spanning the East and Harlem Rivers the bridge forms a critical rail link between New England and the rest of the United States. Construction of the bridge began in the early Twentieth Century and was completed in 1917. The late afternoon sunlight shows the warm tones of the concrete piers of the viaduct as they contrast with the deep blue of the sky. Hell’s Gate Bridge Viaduct, Wards Island, New York https://lightscrapes.com/seagulls-on-torpedo-wharf-with-the-bridge-san-francisco-califo/ 2016-11-03T11:51:27Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/California-San-Francisco-Torpedo-Wharf-Birds-Golden-Gate-Bridge-150x150.jpg Cityscape photograph of two seagulls sunning on Torpedo Wharf. The expanse of the picturesque recedes into the background of the towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Originally built as a mine depot in 1909 as part of the defense of the bay Torpedo Wharf is now a popular fishing spot. Seagulls loiter in hopes of getting a treat from fishermen. With its classic orange paint the Golden Gate Bridge provides a chromatic contrast to the variations of blues that dominate the background of the image. San Francisco, California, Seagulls on Torpedo Wharf with the Bridge https://lightscrapes.com/lightscrapeslogoonlytransfill_29x/ 2019-02-16T23:14:05Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LightscrapesLogoOnlyTransFill_29x.gif Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision https://lightscrapes.com/lightscrapeslogoonlytransfill_58w/ 2019-02-16T23:14:32Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LightscrapesLogoOnlyTransFill_58w.gif Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision https://lightscrapes.com/lightscrapeslogosquare_512/ 2019-02-16T23:06:26Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LightscrapesLogoSquare_512-150x150.jpg Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision LightscrapesLogoSquare_512 https://lightscrapes.com/lightscrapes-logo-square_512/ 2019-02-16T23:19:45Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lightscrapes-Logo-Rect_512-150x150.jpg Photographs of the joy of vision, passions of color, and allure the of light Lightscrapes.com: Photographs of the joy of vision https://lightscrapes.com/cropped-lightscrapeslogosquare_512-jpg/ 2019-02-16T23:22:38Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-LightscrapesLogoSquare_512-150x150.jpg cropped-LightscrapesLogoSquare_512.jpg https://lightscrapes.com/coney-island-new-york-jogger-on-boardwalk/ 2019-02-17T18:12:39Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Brooklyn-Coney-Island-Jogger-And-Parachute-Jump-150x150.jpg Eyes occluded by her blue hat, a woman jogs on the Coney Island boardwalk in a street photograph from Brooklyn, New York. The setting is the nearly empty Coney Island Boardwalk. Once the site of a vibrant amusement park that catered largely to New York’s working and middle classes, the area is a poor echo of its former glory. Surrounding the remnants of the boardwalk and piers are public housing and other signs of blight and decay. Built for the 1939 World’s Fair, the Parachute Drop stands as a monument of a time of greater optimism, even in the midst of the Great Depression, for the future of the United States. Now, the boardwalk stands as a nearly empty shell propped up by momentum and state funding. Coney Island, New York – Jogger on Boardwalk https://lightscrapes.com/bourbon-street-louisiana-woman-on-phone/ 2019-02-18T22:47:57Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Woman-On-Phone-Voodoo-Shop-150x150.jpg Street photograph of a woman making a cell phone call outside a Bourbon Street Voodoo shop. The store front is named after an early 19th Creole practitioner of Voodoo in New Orleans. Although Voodoo was once a proud expression of animist roots from African religions it is now largely a curiosity. The commonplace power of technological advances of the 20th and 21st centuries, as seen in layers in the foreground of the photograph, have reduced the numinosity of these old beliefs to insignificance. They have become no more than attractions for visitors to New Orleans. The woman on the phone is like a beacon of light against the flat and closely held colors of the shop. Her bright white shirt and striking fuchsia purse testify to the advances made by regular people over the course of centuries. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Woman on Phone https://lightscrapes.com/bourbon-street-louisiana-gandalf-and-flags/ 2019-02-22T22:28:53Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/New-Orleans-Bourbon-Street-Gandalf-150x150.jpg Photograph of costume character of Gandalf with sign that reads “Gandalf needs money for weed”. Street photograph is from Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Gandalf, in bright white, reflects the Pelican figure from the Louisiana State flag above him. The building that houses the bar is from the 19th Century while the people are representative in attitude or attire of the 21st. The effect is discordant. The flags provide a historical continuity between the time periods. On his cell phone, presumably listening to music, the walker, at right, represents a modern consumer of portable electronic services as he approaches the opportunity to purchase cheap drinks or engage Gandalf’s entertainment services. Bourbon Street, Louisiana – Gandalf and Flags https://lightscrapes.com/venus-platform-chichen-itza-couple-taking-selfie/ 2019-02-24T22:08:15Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chichen-Itza-Couple_Back_Selfie_Stick-150x150.jpg Photograph of a couple standing in front of the Venus Platform in Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The setting they are using for the background is El Castillo, the great sun pyramid that is the architectural and religious center of the site. The platform was used to track the planet Venus and aided the Mayans in calculating agricultural and other cycles of the year. The economic and social class that the tourists represent would likely be non-existent in Pre-Columbian Mayan culture. The contrast between the lover’s joyful and almost offhand experience is profound considering the Mayans would have viewed the temples as vitally necessary for their very survival. Their simple presence represents the revolutionary achievements of contemporary western culture. Venus Platform, Chichen Itza – Couple Taking Selfie https://lightscrapes.com/east-river-ferry-new-york-city-man-texting/ 2019-04-20T15:42:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orthodox-man-texting-east-river-ferry-new-york-150x150.jpg Street photograph of an orthodox man writing a text on the deck of the East River Ferry as it crossing to Queens. Sitting behind him, in contrast to his deep intensity, are tourists enjoying the pleasure of the boat ride. The conflict between the process of assimilation and a desire to remain separate is evidenced by the man’s physically and mindful self-selected isolation while immersed in the technology of the larger culture. Background lights from the skyline form a correspondence with the light from the phone, further emphasizing the man’s connection to the embracing community of which he is a part. East River Ferry, New York City – Man Texting https://lightscrapes.com/lower-east-side-new-york-city-lost-women/ 2019-04-20T18:31:30Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/two-women-on-street-corner-lower-east-side-150x150.jpg Two women check directions on their phones in this street photograph from the Lower East Side section of New York. Standing in front of a construction fence, part of the neighborhood’s increasing gentrification, they represent the new visitors to this once blighted neighborhood. The Lower East Side was historically a slum for new immigrants to Manhattan. Over the past few decades it has increasingly become a shopping and partying area for the affluent young, adventurous enough to venture away from the more settled parts of Manhattan. Lower East Side, New York City – Lost Women https://lightscrapes.com/woodside-queens-new-york-city-woman-walking-dog/ 2019-04-20T21:38:22Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/woman-walking-dog-woodside-motel-queens-150x150.jpg Woman waling her dog while interacting with her phone. She is strolling in front of a small local hotel in the Woodside residential section of Queens in New York City. There is a strong contrast between the feeling of permanence of residency versus the feeling of extreme transience of the hotel. The flat wet light is characteristic of the borough of Queens while the deep blue of the north sky enlivens the closely held palette of reds and yellows. Woodside, Queens, New York City – Woman Walking Dog https://lightscrapes.com/south-street-seaport-new-york-city-couple-kissing/ 2019-04-26T18:20:11Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/couple-kissing-with-bridges-pier-17-150x150.jpg With the three downtown East River Bridges in the background a couple is kissing for a souvenir picture in this street photograph from Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport, New York City. Occluded by the shade, another couple, more restrained, looks on while chatting. Indicative of what much of the kissing and chatting is about, a baby stroller takes a prominent position in the composition. Looking north up the river feels like the movement of time into the optimism of the future. South Street Seaport, New York City – Couple Kissing https://lightscrapes.com/united-nations-new-york-city-luncheon-in-the-park/ 2019-05-03T19:00:52Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/couple-with-indigenous-portraits-united-nations-new-york-150x150.jpg An unusual couple, such as is seldom seen outside of New York City, are having a luncheon on park benches outside the United Nations in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Highly polished formal studio portraits of people in indigenous costumes show an idealized world vision of pre-modern historical cultural expressions that do not really exist anymore. The vision, as stated within the portraits, may have always been a fantasy. The couple express their own cultural role in an significantly more complex and intensely individualistic manner that defies the simple stereotypes of the background images. The red of the woman’s hat and shirt finds color harmonies with the clothing is some of the portraits, but the correspondence only emphasizes the differences between fantasy and reality. United Nations, New York City – Luncheon in the Park https://lightscrapes.com/midtown-new-york-city-woman-with-earphones/ 2019-05-04T19:45:50Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/woman-in-brown-on-earphones-phone-call-150x150.jpg Looking east down 42nd Street, a woman stands inside an aluminum doorway in a street photograph from midtown of New York City. Apparently on a telephone call, the woman is dressed in composed, closely held, colors of muted maroons and browns. These colors contrast with the discordant green colored florescent construction lights in the doors behind her. While observing, she is evidently deep in thought concerning the conversation, she stands apart from the street. Midtown, New York City – Woman with Earphones https://lightscrapes.com/flatiron-district-new-york-women-with-klimt-umbrella/ 2019-05-25T20:06:33Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/women-with-klimt-umbrella-flatiron-building-150x150.jpg In one of the most icon neighborhoods in the history of photography and art from the early twentieth century, three women huddle from the rain under an umbrella of Gustav Klimt print fabric. The orange of the umbrella is like a beacon, while still integrated into the scene by the sharp points of yellows and oranges on a field of browns. Cleaving the frame like a ship’s prow, the Flatiron Building stands majestic and glorious amongst remnants of the history of the neighborhood from the late 19th century to the present. The women are only the temporally quick participants in the passage of time in this street photograph. Flatiron District, New York – Women with Klimt Umbrella https://lightscrapes.com/pier-35-east-river-new-york-street-photographer/ 2019-06-07T20:32:01Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/street-photographer-pier-35-east-river-new-york-city-150x150.jpg Tentative, detached, and contemplative a street photographer ponders the scene that is out of the frame. The photographer is at Pier 35 on the East River in Manhattan. Expressing himself anachronistically by photographing with an old-style film-based camera, the man presents himself as if he were a hippie living in the 1960’s. Appearing to desire separation from the time he is observing he stands both central in the frame but isolated from the setting. Pier 35, East River, New York – Street Photographer https://lightscrapes.com/queensboro-bridge-new-york-city-woman-on-bicycle/ 2019-06-09T17:46:04Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woman-on-bicycle-queensboro-bridge-new-york-city-150x150.jpg Zipping along on the green painted bike lane on a rented bicycle, a woman rides into the shadows of the overpass of the Queensboro bridge. This area of Manhattan shows layers of the history of the city of New York as the elegance and solidity of the stone architecture of the anchor of the bridge contrasts with mid-20th and current architecture. Utilizing a bicycle, a technology from the 19th century, this 21st century American takes advantage of changing ideas of urban transportation. Queensboro Bridge, New York City – Woman on Bicycle https://lightscrapes.com/red-hook-new-york-industrial-area-sunset/ 2019-07-01T20:45:24Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tree-blue-wall-sunset-industrial-area-red-hook-new-york-150x150.jpg Sunset in one of the older industrial areas in the Reed Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn New York. Interplay of lines from old style above ground utility pole against the slats of the side of the warehouse provide dynamic visual movement. Contrast of the incongruity of struggling foliage with the concrete and metal echoes the blue wall and warms tones of the sunset. Red Hook, New York – Industrial Area at Sunset https://lightscrapes.com/gowanus-brooklyn-canal-and-williamsburg-savings-bank-tower/ 2019-07-03T16:51:26Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gowanus-canal-williamsburg-saving-bank-building-brooklyn-new-york-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph of a man reading by the Gowanus Canal at sunset. Brilliantly lit in the background, the Williamsburg Bank tower glows against a clear sky. Once one a great engines of Brooklyn’s industrial and commerce economy, the bank was taken over by Republic Bank and then HSBC. In the last century, one of the most polluted waterways in the country, the Gowanus Canal has been much improved from the days where it was frequently Day-Glo colored from chemicals being dumped from the industries that lined its banks. On the right of the photograph, calmly reading in late afternoon by a significantly cleaner Gowanus, the man symbolizes a changed vision of the role that Brooklyn now plays in the life of New York City. Gowanus, Brooklyn – Canal and Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower https://lightscrapes.com/harbor-new-york-city-women-sitting-against-taffrail/ 2019-07-06T15:07:41Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/statue-of-liberty-two-flags-couple-harbor-150x150.jpg In late afternoon sunlight, a couple sits on the transom of a sailboat in New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty is centered in the photograph with two flags waving in the wind. One woman sits, posing like a statue while the other leans against the pushpit, relaxed and with her feet up. The couple participates in the interaction of the national symbols as revolutionaries by choices of their own existence. The great symbol of Liberty Enlightening the World is seen between the staff of the nautical flag and backstay, framing it in its own triangular composition. This separates the flags across the frame, while pulling the subjects together in a conceptual unity. Harbor, New York City – Women Sitting against Taffrail https://lightscrapes.com/harbor-new-york-city-woman-posing-and-financial-district/ 2019-07-11T18:28:05Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/woman-posing-on-sailboat-with-financial-district-sailgp-150x150.jpg Smiling in the late evening sun, a woman poses for a portrait against the backdrop of New York’s Financial District. Aware of her youthful good looks, she beams a radiant smile at her companion. The pale blue of her dress blends with the setting of blue sky and harbor water leaving the warm tones of her skin to become a luminous point of central compositional and psychological contrast to the photograph. Harbor, New York City – Woman Posing and Financial District https://lightscrapes.com/red-hook-new-york-ferry-entering-the-atlantic-basin/ 2019-10-29T21:29:25Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/container-cranes-atlantic-basin-red-hook-brooklyn-150x150.jpg As the sun sets a passenger ferry sails into the Atlantic Basin from the Buttermilk Channel in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Atlantic Basin was built in the first half of the 19th century to support the shipping of goods from the Erie Canal to the rest of the world. Falling into disuse as the New York waterfront business faded, the Atlantic Basin saw resurgence with freight as part of the Red Hook Container Terminal and recently supporting the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Although, it is unlikely that New York will ever become the great shipping port that it once was, the Atlantic Basin shows an echo of those days in its current capacity. Red Hook, New York – Ferry Entering the Atlantic Basin https://lightscrapes.com/red-hook-brooklyn-tree-and-warehouse/ 2019-11-02T17:30:19Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tree-orange-warehouse-wall-red-hook-brooklyn-150x150.jpg Shimmering warmth from the late afternoon sunset, a young tree presents bright green leaves in this landscape photograph from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Presenting, in front of an orange brick warehouse wall, a remnant of the neighborhood’s industrial history, the tree is incongruous and imminent. It is a contrast of a mark of a waning context and sign of emergence. Red Hook, Brooklyn – Tree and Warehouse https://lightscrapes.com/cascade-mountain-adirondacks-new-york-summit-looking-towards/ 2019-11-02T20:46:20Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/summit-north-east-rock-and-path-cascade-mountain-adirondacks-150x150.jpg Landscape photograph from Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Looking north east through the Keene Valley with Whiteface Mountain on the left and the Jay Mountain Wilderness to the right. The clarity of the air allows for the stacking of atmospheric effects. Cascade Mountain, Adirondacks – Summit and Keene Valley https://lightscrapes.com/high-falls-gorge-adirondacks-cascading-mountain-falls/ 2019-11-03T21:31:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/high-falls-gorge-adirondacks-new-york-cascading-waterfalls-and-rocks-150x150.jpg Pristine and primordial a mountain stream cascades through a steep rock gorge in this landscape photograph from High Falls Gorge in the Adirondacks in New York State. With 700-foot cliffs on either side, the rustic gorge is a fault line through which the Ausable River flows. The river runs through much of the Adirondacks park towards its destination of Lake Champlain. High Falls Gorge, Adirondacks – Cascading Mountain Falls https://lightscrapes.com/cummings-nature-center-finger-lakes-lilies-on-a-highland-pond/ 2019-11-30T17:32:44Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/lilly-pond-finger-lakes-cummings-nature-center-150x150.jpg Lush water lilies growing in a highland pond in this landscape photograph from the Finger Lakes in New York. Mixed pine and hardwood forest surround the meadow boarding the woodland pond. Due to the elevation the clouds appear to scrape the tops of the trees. Although part of a park, the area has the semblance of a natural and virgin beauty to it. Cummings Nature Center, Finger Lakes – Lilies on a Highland Pond https://lightscrapes.com/naples-canandaigua-lake-farmhouse-window/ 2020-01-18T20:25:13Z weekly 0.7 https://lightscrapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/canandaigua-lake-naples-farmhouse-window-shadow-and-mirror-150x150.jpg Afternoon light streaming through a farmhouse window near Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes. Clear and delicate the sunlight in the Finger Lakes part of New York has a characteristic gentleness. Water in the air from the lake, and the northern climate, softens the summer sun. Giving the photograph an early 20th Century feel to it the light hearkens Stieglitz interiors from his summer house in Lake George. Naples, Canandaigua Lake – Farmhouse Window