~ Jack Kerouac
~1922-1969
A man walks his dog (hidden by grass) on a path that traipses through a field of infrared on a beautiful mid-June evening along the Jordan Creek Greenway at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania, as spring prepares to segue to summer in this abstract image.
“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter’s night.”
~ Virginia Woolf
~ 1882-1941
Its icy beauty in infrared as winter infuses Wehr’s Dam with a frozen splendor as sunset dances cheek to cheek with twilight at the finish of a late February day. The waters of the Jordan Creek spill over the dam to then flow beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge.
The dam, built in 1904, is next to Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841, at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
“I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.”
~Alec Soth
~ born 1969
~American photographer
based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Flying Egg sign stands out in the course of the cool and historic streetscape that is Main Street in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in this infrared capture I shot on a late November afternoon.
The Flying Egg, a self-described “Boutique diner in the heart of Bethlehem,” is a casual-chic, white-brick eatery offering an all-day breakfast menu alongside brunch.
~ Garry Winogrand
~1928-1984
~American street photographer from the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of U.S. life and its social issues, in the mid-20th century. Though he photographed in California, Texas and elsewhere, Winogrand was essentially a New York photographer.
I captured this shot, presented in infrared, showcasing the Monocacy Creek meandering through a portion of the Colonial Industrial Quarter, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on a late November afternoon from my vantage point standing on the Broad Street Bridge on the city’s north side. A car drives past the Conestoga Condominiums on Conestoga Street at right. The Hill to Hill Bridge can be seen in the distance at right, and the church steeples and rooftops that dot Southside Bethlehem are in the distant vista.
The Colonial Industrial Quarter is considered America’s earliest industrial park. Established by the colonial Moravians along the banks of the Monocacy Creek, the ten-acre site contains historic buildings such as the 1762 Waterworks – a National Historic Landmark – 1761 Tannery, 1869 Luckenbach Mill, 1748/1834 Gristmiller’s House, reconstructed 1764 Springhouse and 1750 Smithy, as well as ruins of the original 1749 Pottery, 1752 Butchery, 1765 Oil Mill and 1771 Dye House. This location was chosen to take advantage of a spring that supplied potable water and the power supplied by the Monocacy Creek’s flow for the craftsmen and trades of early Bethlehem.
The Colonial Industrial Quarter is part of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District which was designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 2012 and later named to the U.S. Tentative List in 2016 for nomination to the World Heritage List. It is also known as the location of several annual events and festivals including the Historic Turkey Trot 5K, Musikfest and Celtic Classic.
The Broad Street Bridge is a concrete arch bridge over Monocacy Creek on Broad Street. Open to traffic, it is a closed-spandrel arch bridge built in 1909.
The Hill to Hill Bridge is a road crossing of the Lehigh River linking the south and north sides of Bethlehem. Completed in 1924, the bridge carries Pennsylvania Route 378 from Wyandotte Street on the city’s south side to a series of ramps and viaducts on the north side. It replaced a two-lane covered bridge and eliminated several grade crossings of three railroads on the two banks of the Lehigh River. It is located in the Central Bethlehem Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, with a Boundary Increase in 1988.
“The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall …
~ “Autumn Leaves”
~written 1945, released 1946
~Popular song & jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma with original lyrics by Jacques Prevert in French, & later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best seller in the U.S. Billboard charts of 1955. It was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1955 and many other artists throughout the years, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Tom Jones.
I captured this candid shot of a man walking alone along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania as sunset loomed on a beautiful mid-November afternoon.
Though autumn is the season of colorful fall foliage, I thought presenting the image in infrared was in tune with the melancholy mood of that beautiful song, “Autumn Leaves.”
