2017 Year in Review: Josh Friedman's Photographs

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Photography is always a creative process in which I feel fully "in the moment" - whether I'm capturing the tranquil beauty of country road or the angles, lines and reflections in a modern skyscraper. I recognize that over the past year, photography has provided moments of respite from disturbing headlines and feeling of divisiveness in our country.  I hope that 2018 brings us a renewed sense of compassion, decency, respect, understanding and unity.

What follows are a few of my favorite or most meaningful photos from the past year.  Usually, once I post my annual "year in review," I question why I included some, and why I excluded others.  I suspect that this collection is no different.

Best wishes for the holiday season and new year.

One World Trade Center ("The Freedom Tower"), New York City.

Calhoun Street Bridge, Crossing the Delaware River
between West Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

First Light on Bowman's Hill, behind the
Thompson-Neely Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Cascadilla Gorge, Ithaca, New York.

The Old Library reflected in Lake Afton in Spring,
Yardley, Pennsylvania (Bucks County).

St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Delaware Canal State Park,
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania (Bucks County).

"It Takes One Person: A Tribute to Rosa Parks,"
mural in West Philadelphia. 

Patterson Farm in Spring, Yardley, Pennsylvania (Bucks County).

• "Wisdom" Statue, Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY.

Cuttalossa Farm, New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dixieland jazz performers on Royal Street. 
New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Delaware Canal and Towpath, Yardley, Pennsylvania. 

"Trenton Makes" Bridge at Dusk, West Trenton, New Jersey.

 Alcoa Corporate Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, near the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, in the City's North Side.

Sunflowers, Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Delaware Canal and Towpath, Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. 

Route 32, New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Delaware River in Yardley, Pennsylvania (Bucks County).

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Old Library reflected in Lake Afton,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Cira Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Delaware Canal State Park, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Lake Afton, Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Abandoned Truck, Pipersville, Pennsylvania.

Cuttalossa Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Delaware and Raritan Canal, Lambertville, New Jersey.

Patterson Farm, Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Tujague's and Balconies on Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mahlon Taylor House, Washington Crossing
 Historic Park, Pennsylvania.

Thanksgiving, 2017: Autumn Landscape Photographs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

"I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me

and I didn't have the heart to let him down."

(Abraham Lincoln, who made Thanksgiving

a Federal holiday in 1863)

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for all that love, joy an support that my wife, sons, family and friends bring to my life.  I am thankful for the companionship, laughs, and creative inspiration I have shared in many of my recent photo outings, and I am fortunate that in Bucks County, Pennsylvania we are surrounded by so much history and natural beauty.  I took all of the following autumn images between October 3, 2017 and November 21, 2017.  This collection includes state parks (Delaware Canal, Ralph Stover, and Tyler); local landmarks (Lake Afton and Cuttalossa Farm), historic bridges (truss and covered bridges), nature preserves (Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve and Five Mile Woods) and other picturesque spots.  Wishing you and your loved a holiday season filled with peace, joy, "malice toward none, with charity for all."

New Hope-Lambertville Bridge at Sunrise,
from New Hope, Pennsylvania (October 3, 2017).

Frankenfield Covered Bridge crossing Tinicum Creek,
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania (October 3, 2017.

Delaware Canal State Park, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania (October 7, 2017).

Cuttalossa Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania (October 7, 2017).

Smithtown Creek, Pipersville, Pennsylvania (October 17, 2017).

Smithtown Creek, Pipersville, Pennsylvania (October 17, 2017).

Centre Bridge in early morning fog (crossing the 
Delaware River between Solebury Twp., Pennsylvania 
and Stockton, New Jersey, October 28, 2017).

Cabin Run Covered Bridge, crossing the Cabin Run Creek in
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania (October 28, 2017).

 Cabin Run Creek in Point Pleasant,
Pennsylvania (October 28, 2017).

Cuttalossa Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania (October 28, 2017).

Smithtown Creek, Pipersville, Pennsylvania (October 28, 2017).

High Rocks Vista, Ralph Stover State Park,
Pipersville, Pennsylvania (October 28, 2017).

Delaware Canal and Towpath,
New Hope, Pennsylvania (October 31, 2017)

Delaware Canal and Towpath, 
New Hope, Pennsylvania (October 31, 2017)

Delaware River and American Flag, from The Lumberville–Raven 
Rock Bridge,Lumberville, Pennsylvania, (October 31, 2017).

The Lumberville–Raven Rock Bridge,
Lumberville, Pennsylvania, (October 31, 2017).

The Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge,
officially the "Lower Trenton Bridge",
in early morning fog, November 2, 2017).

St. Andrew's Church reflected in Lake Afton, Before
Sunrise, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 4, 2017).

First Light on Bowman's Hill, behind the Thompson-Neely Mill,
New Hope, Pennsylvania (November 7, 2018).

Cuttalossa Farm, New Hope,
Pennsylvania (November 7, 2018).

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve,
New Hope, Pennsylvania (November 7, 2018).

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve,
New Hope, Pennsylvania (November 7, 2018).

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve,
New Hope, Pennsylvania (November 7, 2018).

Tyler State Park, Newtown, Pennsylvania (November 14, 2017).

Schofield Ford Covered Bridge,
Tyler State Park (November 14, 2017).

Five Mile Woods, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 19, 2017).

Five Mile Woods, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 19, 2017).

Five Mile Woods, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 19, 2017).

Five Mile Woods, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 21, 2017).

Five Mile Woods, Yardley, Pennsylvania (November 21, 2017).