On one of my first visits to North Adams, Massachusetts, I was roaming Main Street with my camera in hand. I was about to snap a picture of one of the old façades, when a man suddenly appeared in my viewfinder. I asked him to move out of the way for a second. He replied, "Sure, no problem, but I can’t imagine why you would want to take a picture of anything on this street."

I just smiled. I viewed his remark as a compliment, because I don’t like to go around taking photographs of stuff that everyone else thinks is beautiful or interesting. If I am going to go to the trouble of taking thousands of pictures, I may as well try to portray the things I see that others don’t see. After all, isn’t that the point?

The empty Newberry's is one of my favorites. I have a 20" x 30" hanging in my living room. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

 

Most of the photographs in this gallery are shots of ordinary scenes: houses, mills, streets, doors, windows, signs and empty storefronts. They are the commonplace things that most people walk by every day and never notice. Once in a while, I capture something beautiful and extraordinary, too. As a writer and photographer, I make it my business to notice everything.

Click on North Adams Photos below to see more than 200 of my photos of North Adams. Click on Other Photos to see many photos taken in New England and other locations. Prints of all my photos in this gallery, and on other web pages are for sale, except for ones from private sources. Click on Order Photos for more information.