Day 294 of 365

Hint of orange

A branch fights against the force of the falls -- as minor as they are -- on the North Branch of the Raritan River on the Natirar estate in Somerset County, New Jersey.

"The Fallingwater Classic, No. 5," Pennsylvania, December 2007

Classic shot No. 5

Yeah, this is an oft-reproduced image of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous private residence, the Kaufman house in the western Pennsylvania woods, Fallingwater. But this one's mine, and I prefer it as a means of depicting "The Great Outdoors" because it touches upon what Wright tried to accomplish with his projects when he fused man-made structures with nature. He tried to make the houses part of the landscape rather than just building on the landscape.

It's great that Fallingwater and a few other Wright projects I've visited -- Taliesin West and Kentuck Knob, which is privately owned but open to the public -- are now accessible, but damn if I wouldn't love to live there myself.

"Beside the Great Falls, Paterson," November 2005

"Beside the Great Falls, Paterson," November 2005

In the 18th Century, Alexander Hamilton chose Paterson, New Jersey, to further his vision of an industrialized America. Today, the falls still flow over the 77-foot cliff and the stately plant building still rests nestled in the gorge.