This shot of kids playing in the Lake Ontario surf was taken from the Charlotte Pier during a time when lifeguards were ordering people out of the water because of toxic conditions. Aug. 15, 2022
Charlotte Genesee Lighthouse
This lighthouse is at the top of a hill overlooking Charlotte Pier and Lake Ontario. Although it was closed, it is known to have a 40-foot-high, spiral staircase, after which one then climbs a ladder to the top to reach an opening in the ceiling to access the lantern room for an amazing view of the lake.
Willy Conley
Willy Conley's most recent book is Photographic Memories. His other books are The World of White Water – Poems, Visual-Gestural Communication, Listening Through the Bone – Collected Poems, The Deaf Heart – a novel, Vignettes of the Deaf Character and Other Plays, and Broken Spokes. Conley, born profoundly deaf, is a retired professor and chairperson of Theatre and Dance at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Prior to being a professor, Conley used to work as a Registered Biological Photographer at some of the top hospitals in the U.S. For more info about his work, please visit his website.