October asked you to show us a gap. Between people, places, generations, moments. What came back reminded me why I love photography. It brings us together, as photographers and as people.
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
– Aaron Siskind
Peter Dulis opens this issue at Niagara Falls. A rainbow arcs across the gorge, right where the border runs between Canada and America. We’re thankful for the rainbows in The Gaps.
Every picture here carries a story someone saw and wanted to tell. Peter Campbell set up his 4×5 where Harold Cazneaux stood in 1937 and found the same 500-year-old red gum. Brice Harbert caught the last patch of sun on the Gunnison seconds before the canyon went dark.
Going through these photographs, you feel the craft and experience behind each one. A camera resting on a fence rail above a gold mine at night. A first photograph on Avenue D in 1974. Decades of looking, and a willingness to share it.
Thank you for sharing The Gap with us. Each month you send your work, and each month we grow a little closer. Part 2 lands November 19, with more of what you shared.
Enjoy the issue.
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Peter Zurla
The Stoop. This photo was taken on Ave. D New York City in 1974. This was my start with photography. It is one of my greatest experiences.
Peter Campbell
The “Cazneaux tree” was first photographed by the famous Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux in 1937. It stands at the foot of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.
There is a plaque now in place where he originally took the photograph. The tree is a River Red Gum said to be 500 years old. When visiting the area, I photographed the plaque with my phone, and I also photographed the tree with my 4×5 camera, 88 years after Cazneaux took the original photo. I felt honoured to be standing in the same spot as the great Australian photographer Cazneaux. A gap of 88 years and the tree doesn’t appear to have aged!!
Brice Harbert
As I approached the canyon rim, I noticed the Gunnison River was brilliantly lit by the mid to late afternoon sun. I quickly set up my 4X5 camera, and when I clicked the shutter, only a small patch of sunlight remained on the river. Seconds later, the river was
in total shadow.
Jayanand Govindaraj
A polar bear cub was following its mother on the pack ice in Svalbard. It decided to jump across a gap in the ice instead of swimming through it. The photograph captures the graceful leap with an acceptable reflection. Taken in July 2012.
David Morse
I was walking behind a father carrying his daughter when he suddenly stopped still. Struck by the contrast between the two figures and moved by the innocent stare of the daughter as I brought my Olympus OM-1.2 to my eye, I took a single shot and then everyone moved on.
Dave Barton
At 1.6 km wide and 3.5 km long, it is a rather large gap. The Fimiston Open Pit is a gold mine near Kalgoorlie, Australia. It was late at night; I had only a few moments to get the shot, no tripod and unable to move around. I rested the camera on the fence rail. Nikon D850, 24-70mm f2.8 at 31mm, 1/13 sec, f2.8, ISO 4000.
LuLa: Huge Gap.
Beat Hotz
You asked for the best photo on the theme of “Space in Between.” There are all kinds of spaces in between or gaps, visible and invisible, real and hypothetical. I chose a photo that’s rather subtle and ambiguous. It was taken in 2008 on the Beagle Channel near Ushuaia.
Mike Rank
I was waiting for sunrise, hoping for good colors and clouds when the gap opened, letting the first rays shine through. It’s nice when hope turns into reality.
Marvin Schmidt
Nikon Coolpix P7100, ISO 200, f/4.9 at 1/160, 49mm. Saw this coming, “patience Marv,” then that decisive moment arrived! Two men of approximately the same age, but very different status. The gap is mostly in their clothes. But the presentation and understanding is demonstrated by the expression on the “relaxed” gentleman.
Ian Porter
A gap of 100 years separated Meg and her darling little friend, but in so many ways, love meant that there was no gap at all!
Lorin Duckman
Proceed at your own risk. Looks open, but who knows. In the sky, lurkers lurking, protecting the route, eying those who trek, recording the details. Route looks like it goes forever, starting somewhere and ending somewhere else, drawing the traveller into
empty, open space. Who knows?
Matt Kaarma
Gaps everywhere in this image.
LuLa: Plumber Gap.
Calvin Cloarec
Image of an ancient red cedar tree, taken this spring 2026 in the ancient inland temperate rain forest in the Rocky Mountains, east of Prince George. The best time to photograph the ancient forest is on a cloudy bright day, but this morning we had bright
sun and I wasn’t seeing anything to make a strong composition. Then I came across this scene ahead on the trail that worked despite the bright sunny sky. The tree branches were so large it blocked the sky completely, yet there was enough light to illuminate the tree trunk and branches. Nikon D850, 24-120 lens, ISO 64, f/11, 1/5 sec.
Jim Powers
The photo of the docent was taken in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I loved the elegance of the building balanced by the people studying the sculpture. The photo of the couple was taken in the World Finance building. I first noticed the glittering brass
framework and the complementary colors of the background. In the gap is a couple at rest amidst the busyness and drama of the shiny framework.
Julian Barkway
“13.” Salvador, Brazil, one week before the first round of the presidential elections. The star with the number 13 indicates support for the current president (as of mid-October), Lula da Silva.
Joel Frandzel
Both were taken in Bilbao on a rainy day several years ago. Olympus E-M1, 12-40mm 2.8.
Roger Lee
The Gap. A father teaching his young boy to fish against the background of the Hartbeespoort dam wall in North-West, South Africa.
Mark Bates
Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. This image was shot from my backyard in July of 2026. I looked out the window and saw Jupiter and Venus lined up with the moon. By the time I got into position, Venus had moved lower out of alignment between Jupiter and the Moon. The gap in this image is between the planets and the moon.
Erik Brammer
“Closing the Gap.” This couple of grandparents and their granddaughter just wanted to take a rest for a few minutes when I had already set up my camera. They stayed much longer, so I decided to capture what looks to me like a wonderful moment showing how important family ties across two generations are. Shen Hao TFC617-B and a Rodenstock APO Sironar-S 180 f/5.6 on Kodak Gold 200.
Richard Bidgood
Sea Ranch along the northern California coast is beautiful at any time of the year, but late in December with the sun low and the mist rolling in it is both beautiful and mysterious. This fence once demarcated one piece of property from another. Now those
properties are gone and the fence hangs in mid-air, soon to be gone too. Mind the gap!
Peter Dulis
Niagara Gap. The gap between Canada and America is growing wider in more ways than one…
LuLa: Your point is on point. Rainbows are ahead of us!
November Show & Tell: I Stay Open
Inspired by Stephen Wilkes, send us one or two pictures that came from staying open to the unexpected.
Email us your best image and a short statement about the moment by November 30. Favorites may be featured in the newsletter, on luminous-landscape.com, and on our YouTube channel.
Peter Zurla
Avenue D, New York City, USA
Peter Campbell
Peter Campbell
Cazneaux Tree, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Brice Harbert
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, USA
Jayanand Govindaraj
Svalbard, Norway
David Morse
Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dave Barton
Fimiston Open Pit, Kalgoorlie, Australia
Beat Hotz
Beagle Channel, near Ushuaia
Mike Rank
Point Imperial, North Rim, Grand Canyon
Marvin Schmidt
Ian Porter
Lorin Duckman
Matt Kaarma
Calvin Cloarec
Rocky Mountains, east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Jim Powers
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Jim Powers
World Finance building
Julian Barkway
Salvador, Brazil
Joel Frandzel
Bilbao, Spain
Joel Frandzel
Bilbao, Spain
Roger Lee
Hartbeespoort Dam, North West, South Africa
Mark Bates
Erik Brammer
Richard Bidgood
Sea Ranch, Northern California, USA
Peter Dulis
Niagara Falls
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