View the other photos in this gallery: Buffalo — Nighttime snow. “Snow at night — phantasmagoria.”
It’s part of a series on Buffalo, NY. My photos are at Smugmug.
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Buffalo — Nighttime snow
16 February 2008Buffalo — snow on Delaware Avenue
8 February 2008
“What,” you exclaim, “still more photos of snow in Buffalo?”
“Well,” I reply, “that’s reality.”
The fact is that I love it here and returned after 20 years of what I regarded as exile in a place that didn’t have 4 seasons. The fact also is that, this year, we haven’t had much snow at all — all the snow pictures are from a few years ago — 2002, I think.
View the other photos in this gallery: Buffalo — snow on Delaware Avenue. “Driving down Delaware Avenue, in Buffalo, NY, one snowy afternoon.”
It’s part of a series on Buffalo, NY. My photos are at Smugmug.
Buffalo — snow on Anderson Place
1 February 2008
View the other photos in this gallery: Buffalo — snow on Anderson Place. ” Deep, quiet snow, late one night, on Anderson Place in Buffalo, NY.”
It is part of a series on Buffalo, NY. My photos are at Smugmug.
Blue-green winter evening
22 January 2008
View the other photos in this gallery: Blue-green winter evening. “Pictures taken, one blue-green winter evening, of a boy and his dog in the snow. Pure west side: Buffalo, NY.”
It is part of a series on Buffalo, NY. My photos are at Smugmug.
Peace Bridge
6 January 2008
View the gallery containing this photo: Peace Bridge. “The Peace Bridge spans the Niagara River, just at its source in Lake Erie and about 15 miles above the falls. It connects my home, Buffalo, NY, with Fort Erie in Ontario, Canada. I took these pictures on the Canadian side and on the Bridge itself, one wintry day.”
It is part of a series on Buffalo, NY. My photos are at Smugmug.
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