Illuminating Eve
by Angelo Marcialis
Title
Illuminating Eve
Artist
Angelo Marcialis
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
After the traditional Italian Christmas Eve feast, a shooting buddy and I headed out to the Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse/Mario Cuomo Memorial Bridge to photograph both structures that were lit up in Christmas themed lights to celebrate the holiday.
I choose to one again break the "rules" and deliberately centered the lighthouse in between the the two towers of the bridge. I came away quite satisfied with the end result.
Background Information:
Lighthouse:
The Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse (aka Tarrytown Lighthouse and Kingsland Point Lighthouse) was once a half-mile off shore, warning ships away from dangerous shoals on the east side of the Hudson River. Years of landfill by a now-demolished General Motors factory moved the shoreline within a few feet of the light. The cast iron tower was installed in 1883. Over its 78 years of operation, 12 light keepers and their families occupied the five-story structure.
The light was automated in the mid 1950s, and operated until 1961 when navigation lights on the Tappan Zee Bridge rendered it obsolete. In the 1970s Westchester County acquired the decommissioned structure from the federal government. Tours of the light are offered by the village of Sleepy Hollow. From land, best views are from Westchester RiverWalk at Edge-on-Hudson.
Bridge:
Fully opened to traffic in 2018, the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is three-mile state-of-the-art, twin-span crossing connecting Rockland and Westchester counties. Located less than 20 miles north of New York City, the cable-stayed span crosses one of the widest parts of the Hudson River and is the longest bridge in New York State. The bridge features the longest shared bicycle/pedestrian path in the nation.
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December 26th, 2021
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