Travel Photograph Wednesday - Guatemala

Castillo de San Felipe, Rio Dulce, Guatemala. 

Photography opens the doors into Cogswell Tower.

       Ever since I was younger, my cousins, friends, and I always wondered about this humongous tower that glommed over us as we played on the swings, or climbed the boulders around what we knew as "Jenks Park Tower." But what we really wanted to do was get in side and explore it.  With time as we grew older, the tower became a distant site as we drove by it. A site that is visible from anywhere in Central Falls, became the park near City Hall. But in reality, it was my childhood fantasy to finally make it into what is actually the Cogswell Tower. Ironically, I was able to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France before a chance was finally presented to enter Jenks Park Tower in my hometown. 

       I have heard from many photographers say that photography is a passport that helps you meet interesting people and gets you into places you have always dreamed about.  This past Saturday, I got to use my "photographic passport" to get into Cogswell Tower. A fellow artist and friend, Bruce Kaplan- asked me if I would like to join him and a small group of people to take an excursion into the tower and capture our experience with my camera. Without a doubt I said yes, and could not wait until I could cross something of off my bucket list and fulfill one of my child hood dreams. Below are some of the images I was fortunate to capture. Hope you enjoy.

 

If you would like to learn about the Cogswell Tower, Jenks Park, and Central Falls, the link below has some well written information:

http://centralfallsri.us/visitors/jenks-park-cogswell-tower/