Joe Tower

@joetower.bsky.social

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Web developer/designer, accessibility advocate. Photographer and traveler. Appreciator of music and film. Reader of 50+ books per year. Minneapolis, MN joetower.com https://letterboxd.com/joetower/ https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/joetower

Look out view of moss lake, caribou rock trail, from high up on a ridge. Some yellow leaves in trees are dotted around the shorelines towards either side of the frame
Long exposure along Lake Superior on the north shore of Minnesota. The waves create a dream-like haze.
Fall color reflected in pigeon river of pigeon river provincial park
Middle falls at pigeon river provincial park. There are colorful tree surrounding a waterfall
Fall color: lots of yellow-leafed trees with one red-leafed tree in the center of the frame
A view from the top of pincushion mountain overlooking Lake Superior during the autumn season . Green, yellow, red trees are visible.
Dense birch trees fill the frame. There are yellow and orange leaves.
Dirt path leading through tall trees in a dense forest
Zoomed in view of a very small waterfall in the woods with fall color around
A lone tree on a grassy hill. The tree casts a shadow. The scene is a bit ethereal.
Weathered wooden shutters & windows on an old brick and plaster building.
House front: yellow building with bright red door and windows. There is a motorcycle parked on the front patio.
Restaurant building front of Loong Fong Cafe
Bold blue building with silver shutters. The shutters have three sections and there is a potted plant placed in the middle of them. There are two red lanterns hanging above the closed shutters
Look down an alleyway full of black/red/grayscale tiles. A motorcycle is parked in the foreground
Blue house front with white windows and door. The floor tile in front of the house is a mosaic blue and white pattern
Restaurant storefront display showing chickens ready to cook hanging from hooks.
Street art showing two children sitting on a playground-like slide that resembles a cartoon dog's head. One child has one of their legs dangling into one of the dog's eyes. The dog is bright teal blue and the wall the art is painted upon is weathered yellow.
Vibrant entrance to the green mansion. There are large red lanterns hung to either side of the entrance and Chinese lettering above and to either side of the doorway. A person is exiting the mansion.
Hard contrast of a white weathered building and a brown rectangular window with a wooden awning. The light is creating a long shadow from the awning against the white building.
Large golden Buddha statue
Entrance to the Burmese Buddhist temple across the street from the Wat Chayamangkalaram / Chaiya Mangalaram Thai Buddhist Temple. It is red and gold in color.
View of an ornate pagoda. There is orange tile work all around the entrance to the pagoda.
The very ornamental colorful and gold entrance to the Thai Buddhist temple.
Golden hour alley view of colorful buildings and a clear blue sky
Bright blue weathered building basked in golden hour light.
Bright blue view of Penang city as seen from the top of Penang Hill. You can see a line of clouds in the sky, skyscrapers, houses, and buildings.
A view of the Penang cityscape through an ornate archway of one of the levels of a pagoda. In the center of the archway is a red lantern hanging. The lighting is bright with a heavy contrast.
View of Penang Malaysia cityscape through a square archway cutout on the Kek Lok Si temple grounds. Scattered around the archway are plants and foliage. Above the archway is Chinese lettering.
A view from inside one of many levels of a pagoda. This view shows an ornate doorway to a shallow balcony which looks out over the city. The lighting is very dramatic.
A very colorful bird is perched on a concrete railing of a building at the Kek Lok Si temple. It's head is tan, throat is yellow, with a band of orange around its chest and back, and green wings.
Entrance walkway to a level of Kek Lok Si temple. The walkway has several red and yellow lanterns strung overhead.
Zoomed in view of Kek Lok Si temple captured from the parking lot. The temple grounds are large. The sky is bright blue with some wispy scattered clouds.
Portrait view of a bronze sculpture of Heng or Ha, Dharma protector of Kuan Yin. The clouds are neat in this scene because they sweep overhead at the top of the frame. The sky is otherwise bright blue and clear.
Brightly lit street corner of a storefront with red lanterns hanging from the awning all along the front. The street in front of the store reflects a lot of light in the street tiles.
Pan cake and steam rice cake food vendor stall in front of a weathered blue-painted building. There are two people ready to serve customers from the vendor cart.
A food vendor at the street corner in front of an old half yellow half white painted building. On the street are several food vendors with lines of people in front waiting to purchase items
The wall of an old building with artwork on it. There is one piece of art showing three balls in a venn diagram type of overlap. One of the balls is yellow, one is red, and one is blue. Inside of the red ball is a black and white cat batting a mouse. There are sticker-like art as well: one says Free Cost in uppercase, one is a hand signing the peace symbol, and two are cartoon faces.
A scene of the side of a building with an open doorway on the right. In the center of the frame is a mirror which reflects the person taking the picture. The foreground shows and outdoor sink with soaps and a plastic cup placed over the faucet. There is a sign obscuring some of the mirror. On the sign is printed prices for bicycle rental costs.
A brick building archway with Chinese lettering on either side and above the entrance. There are several rows and columns of red lanterns strung from the ceiling towards the middle of the frame.
Children behind window bars street art. Two children are shown, in a wall painting, behind bars on a window with their arms outstretched into the world outside.
A street corner showing three people looking out at the street waiting for the walk sign to turn on so they can cross the street. The walkway area around the traffic lights is orange with yellow crosswalk lines.
An old weathered building has a street art installation on it. A little child is on a bicycle with their sibling holding onto their waist. The children are painted on the wall. A physical bicycle is installed into the wall so that the children appear to be riding it. To the left of the installation is a bush or very dense vines.
A storefront with two levels. On the top level, strung across the roof are red lanterns. They are strung in front of closed wooden shutters. On the bottom level above the entrance is several tiled clothes strung to the awning for extra shade.
A white with red roofed mosque is the subject in the center of the frame. The main tall dome on the mosque is green and contrasts with the other mini domes on either side of it, which are red. In the foreground, in the corners of the frame are gold fence post tips. At the top of the frame is a row of strung lights. In between the fence and the mosque is an open grassed area.
A residential home, off white in color with a brown door and orange roof tiles. Parked on the sidewalk out front is an orange and white motorcycle.
Bright sunny day with a cluster of clouds in the sky. Street scene showing rows of colorful buildings to either side of the street. Motorcycles are in mid frame driving away from the camera. A person on a bicycle is almost in the center of the frame as it drives past the camera.
Wide view of an interesting building at the corner of a street. Overhead power lines run out of the frame to the top of the building. On the street in front of the building a motorcycle waits to make a turn.
The front of the Hainan Thean Hou Temple. It has vibrant colors, dragon sculptures, and rows of red lanterns strung in a grid above the entrance.
The top of the blue mansion highlights intricate glass mosaics.
Exterior of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. There are two levels. The bottom floor shows an entryway, full of ornate woodwork and Chinese lettering above the doorway. To either side are plants and flowers. The top floor has an open air balcony with shades drawn.
Zoomed in view of white staircases, fire escape, going down the side of a stark white building. The railings are all black wrought iron. There are hard shadows contrasting the white building.
Zoomed in view of a shadowy alleyway. A person is sitting, on their phone and gesturing with their hands. At the top of the frame is a very leafy tree branch, which frames the scene nicely.
A view looking through a covered walkway. The floor is made up of intricate tiles. The covered walkway can be looked through for several blocks in the distance.
Mirrored reflection of dense trees on a still river.
Maroon langur in a tree branch and looking at the camera. There are trees and green leaves surrounding the monkey.
A silvered-leaf monkey is sitting high up on a tree branch. The composition shows a v-shaped portion of the tree, where the tree branches. The monkey is sitting within the v center and looking at the camera.