'Old Cape Ann,' North of Boston MA. offers unique natural light for painters and photographers. The fabled 'Cape Ann Light,' has attracted and rewarded the patient artist for decades. I frequent the shorelines, woodlands and quarries of this tradition laden New England landscape; from Halibut Point State Park- at the tip of Rockport, past Thacher Island and around the Cape to Eastern Point and the Rocky Neck Artist Colony, in Gloucester. I am especially drawn to the natural stone photography offered from deep within the historic quarries of Cape Ann. Leslie D. Bartlett

Through the Lens of a Natural Stone Photographer

"For most people, the combination of extreme weather, salt air and cold granite would not constitute an eye-catching or appealing photography subject. Les sees such scenery differently. He captures the essence and beauty of natural stone through the lens of his camera. Using the natural light reflected off the Atlantic Ocean, Les’ work, such as, “Chapters on a Quarry Wall” and “Below the Keystone Bridge” are impressive images of a stone industry long forgotten. The way Les beautifully captured the old drill marks, weathered quarry benches, and spectrum of colors bleeding out from the oxidizing granite was inspirational, and it also supported my belief that stone, a product of nature, is a green material, and its extraction only leaves a temporary scar on the landscape."

from 'The Challenging Task of Teaching Green'

by Dan Ouellette, Stone World, May 2006

Through the lens of a natural stone photographer