Reflection — Perception — Direction

“Come for the photos. Stay for the words.”

Fred Noer Fred Noer

“Depths of Knowledge”

To me, this was the coolest place on Geneva Lake. Nowhere else could even compare.

I am talking about George Williams College (GWC) in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, along the north shore of the lake. The iconic dome of Yerkes Observatory is in the background.

I made this photograph on November 26, 2006, with my Leica 35mm camera and 135mm lens attached to a tripod positioned on Rainbow Point in Fontana along the south shore of the lake. The point is almost flat with the water, hence this perspective, captured on Ilford Delta 100 speed black-and-white film.

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