Marblehead Arts Association - Variations
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In the Old Town section of Marblehead, houses along State Street shine with a rainbow of colors. Natives refer to that area of Marblehead as “Downtown”. “Old Town” is a term mostly used by real estate brokers to describe the larger area of town built-up before the Civil War. State St. is one of several streets that benefited from a big project to bury the electric and telephone wires. The downhill end of State St. meets Front St. at the Town Landing. There is a drain which runs under State St. to the harbor; it runs in an easement to the Town granted by one Elbridge Gerry, who was a local bigwig and politician, present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence (but refused to do so himself), and was also, a Governor of Massachusetts. Gerry was the 5th Vice President, serving under James Madison, and most notably was responsible for the term "gerrymandering"! Shot on April 21, 2016, Marblehead, MA © John Schiller Photography
Hot air balloons of all shapes, colors and sizes rise en masse over the crisp early Albuquerque morning. Day 1 of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - and already one balloon is looking around for its pilot. Shot in Albuquerque, NM on October 2017. © John Schiller Photography
The storm was closing in as we weaved through the mountain pass from Taos to Santa Fe. Everywhere was dark, and becoming darker. The road settled down as we approached the lone tree and it's personal mailbox. Wiithout warning, the sky cracked open - just enough to allow the intense rays of the sun to burst through and paint the side of the tree and surrounding land in a near-blinding light. We stopped. Every branch, and every inch of the tree that was bathed in the sun's harsh glare lit up white. Moments later, it was dark again. Shot on October 6, 2017, on St Route 68 along the Rio Grande between Taos and Santa Fe, NM. © John Schiller Photography