WINTER PARK TREES AND SHADOWS 1982 Gelatin Silver Photograph

This original 5 x 7 black and white photograph was taken and developed in 1982 by New York photographer Thomas Alan Schmidler. Captured from an elevated perspective, the image reveals a serene winter park, where bare trees stretch into rhythmic rows and cast long, lace-like shadows across the snow.

The crisp geometry of the park’s design contrasts beautifully with the organic forms of the trees and their dark silhouettes against the pale ground. Printed on glossy photographic paper during Schmidler’s Winter 1982 darkroom sessions, this genuine gelatin silver print highlights his sensitivity to light, texture, and the quiet poetry of urban winter landscapes.