This Week in Photos

This Week in Photos: Summer in the FLX

This week, we highlight the beauty of summer in the Finger Lakes region through a selection of works by HWS Chief Photographer Kevin Colton. Here, the sun sets over the city of Geneva, N.Y. and Seneca Lake.
Dusk at the New York State Fingerlakes Welcome Center in Geneva., N.Y. In 2016, The City of Geneva received a $10 million investment through the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council as part of a $100 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative launched by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
The sun sets over a sunflower farm in Phelps, N.Y.
A wooden cask rests on a hill overlooking Seneca Lake in Dundee, N.Y. The Finger Lakes are home to a flourishing wine industry. On Seneca Lake alone, there are more than 90 wineries.
Built in the early 1800s, the iconic row houses on South Main Street offer a unique perspective of Geneva's history.
In Seneca Falls, the home of the womens rights and suffrage movements, a statue of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Amelia Bloomer created by Professor of Art Ted Aub commemorates the meeting of the influential women. Trinity Church stands in the background.
Water flows over the falls at Watkins Glen State Park in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
The sun sets over Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva, N.Y.
The home of Harriet Tubman stands in Auburn, N.Y. The abolitionist moved to Auburn in 1857, and later established the Harriet Tubman Home of the Elderly. The site became part of the National Park Service in 2017.
The sun sets over Chimney Bluffs State Park on the shore of Lake Ontario.
The waterfall at Taughannock Falls State Park in Trumansburg, N.Y.
First United Methodist Church through cherry blossoms on Seneca Street.
A clothesline blows in the wind on a farm in Lyons, N.Y. Wayne County and the surrounding region is home to many Mennonite and Amish families. The first Amish settlers to New York arrived in the 1830s.
The sun sets over the Seneca Lake boathouse in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
A star trail over Seneca Lake from the docks of the Bozzuto Boathouse.