William Sutherland's photos

Manor Park, Larchmont, NY Note: Manor Park is the most beautiful and picturesque park in my hometown. It is featured in many photographs and paintings. This is a view that goes unnoticed, unphotographed, and unpainted. Most of the graffiti is old school -- written by magic marker. Some dates back to 1976.

Eastchester, NY

Mamaroneck, NY

Mamaroneck, NY Note: The large "9" was among discarded numbers from a window display advertising a sales event, the two pieces of metal representing the Twin Towers (WTC) were a natural blue, the discarded plane was tinted red through infrared effects so that the entire 15th anniversary tribute image could be in the colors of the American flag, the scattered metal and broken glass represent how global safety of civilized, progressive nations that stand for freedom and human rights was shattered that fateful day, and the twisted, melted can underneath the Twin Towers represents the fallen jet engine. The olives and grays represent the ugliness of that day while the reds, whites, and blues represent the colors of the American flag.

Mamaroneck, NY

Harbor Island, Mamaroneck, NY

Niagara, NY

Niagara, NY

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - No pot of gold at the end of this rainbow! Note: All photos taken on the Ontario, Canada side. The bottom two images were photographed on July 9, 2016 and the top three images on July 8, 2016.

Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, NY

Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, NY Note: Although this is a nature preserve, humans have made an indelible impact on its environment ranging from litter and pollution, to inscribing their names and initials on brickwork of ruins, and carving pictographs and letters into the bark of trees. With humans having directly transformed the Earth's environment, the planet entered a new epoch -- the Anthropocene Epoch c. 1950 CE (and not for good reasons). Is this the final epochal period as we blindly approach our extinction?

Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, NY

Hommocks Marsh, Larchmont, NY

Mamaroneck, NY Sadness is an appropriate emotion for the Memorial Day here in the USA as we remember the brave men and women of the armed forces that died in battle, the brave men and women who died in the service of humanity whether it be a police officer, fire fighter, scientist, nurse, or another civilian. Controversial or not (especially since this is not meant and should not insult the memory of our countless heroes who have died in valor, serving country and humanity), it is also appropriate to remember Harambe, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who was killed while protecting a young 4 year-old boy who had fallen into his exhibit. To me, the only reason he had dragged the boy so quickly across the water was because of the noise and confusion of the crowd and the fact that he did not want the young child to inhale water and possibly drown. If it had been another person who had rescued and comforted this young child, I doubt such a hasty decision would have been made to shoot. He is clearly an innocent victim of our misguided anthropocentric attitude. I guess this clearly and tragically epitomizes the saying, "No good deed goes unpunished." Considering, "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends" [John 15:13] - it is only appropriate that people are laying flowers for Harambe and have contributed enough funds so that a memorial service can be held to honor is valor and sacrifice. Image created from a Reuters Photograph and purchased Shutterstock image

Note: Images created from photographs of a painting (Ashley c. 2000) of a Girl Reading a Book and a section of an Amazon Kindle newspaper ad. Special effects were created in Smart Photo Editor.

Pell Mansion, Bronx, NY

Note: Digital Painting Montage created from three NASA photos of Ruins taken on the Planet Mars in 2014 (2) and 2015, respectively. Also please see article at: www.ipernity.com/blog/285927/4612856

Mamaroneck, NY