The Connecticut River,

A Photographic Journey through the Heart of New England

$35.00
Hard cover,
160 pages, 136 full-color photographs
10 ¼ x 10 ¼
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT., Sept. 2009
ISBN-10: 0819568953
ISBN-13: 978-0819568953
For full description, see Connecticut River Book Tab. For Connecticut River photos, see my PhotoShelter archive.

The Connecticut River Boating Guide, Third Edition Falcon Guide, Guilford, CT 2007
Eighteen of my Connecticut River photos are among the many that guide you down the length of this river with interesting way points. Many of these photos appear in my Connecticut River book. See more at PhotoShelter.

Capture El Paso 2009
An El Paso Times project from the eyes of its residents. Five hundred photographers contributed. My El Paso photos were selected for five pages including downtown at Christmas, Socorro on the Mission Trail, and the Don Juan de Onate statue - retitled The Equestrian. See more at PhotoShelter.

An El Paso Times project documenting the area with contributions from over nine hundred local photographers. My El Paso photos chosen included the Wyler Aerial Tramway on Mt. Franklin State Park and the colorful Christmas lights at Western Refining. See more at PhotoShelter.

Fireworks Portfolio, LensWork Extended #65 July 2007
Thirty two full color display firework images taken with a 4 x 5 Linhof at the Atlas Pyrovision festivals in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. These dramatic fireworks are photographed against a dark sky at the Jaffrey Airport. LensWork is a leading fine art photography publication. See also at PhotoShelter.

City of Lights, Texas Highways, Dec. 2008
I photographed and wrote this 12-page feature on Christmas in El Paso, leading from the San Jacinto Plaza at the heart of the city, through neighborhood displays of lights and luminarias to a quiet Christmas Eve at Socorro Mission. See more at Photoshelter.

Elisabet Ney, Sculpting Texas’ Cultural Legacy Texas Highways, July 2007
Seven photos illustrate Jan Burns’ story on a remarkable Texas artist, Elisabet Ney, best known for her statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin that greet visitors to the Texas Capitol building in Austin. See more at PhotoShelter.

Connecticut River Watershed Council Annual Report 2008
My cover shows the rich farmland along the Connecticut River’s plains in southern Vermont. This fall farm photo is along the River Road in Putney. See also at PhotoShelter.

Connecticut River Watershed Council Annual Report 2006
The cover shows the wild Connecticut below Pittsburg, after picking up flow from Indian Stream. I contributed three additional photos to the report. See more at PhotoShelter.

Connecticut River Watershed Council Annual Report 2005
My son, Dan, looks over Moose Bog on a camping trip to northern New Hampshire. This site is at Deer Mountain Campground, near the Canadian border. See more at PhotoShelter.

The Country’s Biggest Pumpkin Festival, Every Day With Rachael Ray, October 2009
The Keene Pumpkin Festival set a string of eight Guinness World Records for the most lit jack-o’-lanterns, topping with 28,952. See also at PhotoShelter.

Jack-O’-Lanterns Light Up City, National Geographic Kids, October 2005
A forty foot tower and large display of jack-o’-lanterns shows the Guinness World Record Keene Pumpkin Festival for young readers. See more at PhotoShelter.

Halloween Haunts, Woman’s Day Halloween Issue, October 2001
Central Square in Keene, New Hampshire is the focus of the Guinness World Record Pumpkin Festival. It began in 1991 with 600 and grew to over 28,000. See more at PhotoShelter.

Unraveling the Mystery of Bellows Falls, Washington Post, July 5, 2009
A great town to visit, Bellows Falls, Vermont, at midnight has the air of a haunted village. Restaurants and shops now fill the eclectic downtown. See also at PhotoShelter.

Riverfest Firework Celebration in Hartford, CT., Yankee Magazine, July/August 2002
Hartford’s Riverfest celebrates the rededication to the Connecticut River in this historic city. The River Front Recapture organization has created parks, pedestrian access, entertainment and more to revitalize the area. See more at PhotoShelter.

Keene, New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival, Yankee Magazine, October 2002
Yankee highlights the growing Keene Pumpkin Festival, on its way a year later to its eighth Guinness World Record for having over 28,000 lit Jack-O’-Lanterns. See more at PhotoShelter.

Greater Hartford Visitor’s Guide, 2002, Greater Hartford Convention and Visitors Bureau
Riverfront Recapture’s Riverfest Celebration captures the spirit of a revitalized Hartford. This cover photo brought visitors and was also printed and framed for the mayor and governor. See also at PhotoShelter.

Festival of Fireworks Souvenir Program, 2001
My cover photo captures the mood and intimacy of the Festival of Fireworks put on by Atlas Pyrovision as a community fund-raiser at the Jaffrey, NH airport. See more at PhotoShelter.

Keene Fireworks Festival Souvenir Program, 2002
Fireworks light up the sky on this program guide sponsored by the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce. See more at PhotoShelter.

Parting Shot for Ballooning Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2006
An afterglow and fire concert at the high school stadium is part of the Old Timer’s Balloon Rally held every spring in Roswell, NM. See more at PhotoShelter.

California Poppies on Mt. Franklin in El Paso, TX, Texas Highways April 2006
Yellow and gold fill the desert just north of El Paso during the California Poppy season near Trans Mountain Road. See more at PhotoShelter.

Sunrise and Sunset at Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park Texas Highways, August 2007
These are two views out of a series of eighteen photos taken, showing the light and mood changing during one 24 hour period at Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park, Texas. See more at PhotoShelter.

Viva la Diferencia, El Paso and Cd. Juarez, Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, February 2007
The El Paso del Norte Valley including El Paso, TX and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico is most dramatic with the glow of night lights as seen from Mt. Franklin. See more at PhotoShelter.

Shin Dagger, the Lechuguilla, Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, August 2009
This sharp spined agave relative is the indicator species for the Chihuahuan Desert - yet is rarely seen in bloom. It grows quietly 10 to 20 years, shoots up an flame colored flower stalk and quickly dies. See more at PhotoShelter.

Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Oct. 2008
My fireworks photo from Jaffrey, New Hampshire was one of three chosen to illustrate the poster for their 2008 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography. See more at PhotoShelter.