315 Main Canvas Print

Poughkeepsie, the county seat of Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley, was settled in the 17th century by the Dutch and, shortly after the Revolutionary War, became the second capital of New York. Nicknamed "the Queen City of the Hudson," it boasts several cultural attractions, including the historic Bardavon Theater (host to an amazing variety of events from comedy to classical music to classic rock) and the state historic park Walkway over the Hudson, made from a fire-damaged railway bridge that was converted and reopened to pedestrian traffic in 2009. This image shows oneof the buildings in Main Mall Row, a section of Main Street that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Welcome to my website! I am an award-winning photographer of editorial and fine-art images. My book Historic Hudson Valley: A Photographic Tour, photographed and authored with my son, Anton, was published in July 2013. My goal is to create Fine Art Photography that captures the natural and the historical landscape. In place of a personal tour, my photographs share with you the places I love and that mean most to me—above all, the Hudson Valley and Catskills where I live, New England which brings me back to my affinity with the coast, and Sweden, where I lived for several years and where I first picked up a “serious” camera. As a trained historian, one of my great passions is to photograph old buildings. Whether abandoned ruins or...