The Emotional Power of Color

Lake Michigan, March 16th, 2020 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, March 16th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, March 5th, 2018 (3)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, March 5th, 2018 (3)
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (2)
a pastel sky with orange hues and clouds lit from below
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan, September 3rd, 2019 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, September 3rd, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, May 31st, 2019
Pure orange light at dawn over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, May 31st, 2019
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (1)
pastel morning on Lake Michigan, the sky and water are the same
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2020 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 7th, 2020 (2)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, January 7th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan,December 25th, 2019 (3)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, December 25th, 2019 (3)
Lake Michigan, March 14th, 2019 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, March 14th, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2018 (2)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2018 (2)
Lake Michigan, October 8th, 2017 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, October 8th, 2017 (1)
Lake Michigan, February 9th, 2019 (5)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, February 9th, 2019 (5)
Lake Michigan, April 18th, 2018
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, April 18th, 2018
Lake Michigan, December 22nd, 2019 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, December 22nd, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, November 14th, 2019
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, November 14th, 2019
Lake Michigan, March 25th, 2020 (2)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, March 25th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan, March 17th, 2020 (1)
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, March 17th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, February 27th, 2020
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, February 27th, 2020
Lake Michigan, February 18th, 2018
candy reds and yellows fill the skies over Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan, February 18th, 2018
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Lake Michigan, March 16th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, March 5th, 2018 (3)
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan, September 3rd, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, May 31st, 2019
Lake Michigan, March 26th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 7th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan,December 25th, 2019 (3)
Lake Michigan, March 14th, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, January 16th, 2018 (2)
Lake Michigan, October 8th, 2017 (1)
Lake Michigan, February 9th, 2019 (5)
Lake Michigan, April 18th, 2018
Lake Michigan, December 22nd, 2019 (1)
Lake Michigan, November 14th, 2019
Lake Michigan, March 25th, 2020 (2)
Lake Michigan, March 17th, 2020 (1)
Lake Michigan, February 27th, 2020
Lake Michigan, February 18th, 2018

A collection of photographs selected from Lake Series, an ongoing limited edition series of photographs by Lincoln Schatz. For more information on the Lake Series please click here. To learn more information on framing and edition sizes, please click here. More information on this collection below.

We often talk about the colors of spring as they pertain to gardens, fields and forests. A time of year when plants emerge, trees leaf, and flowers burst from the ground. All of this filling our world with every color imaginable. It wasn’t always apparent to me that Lake Michigan’s appearance would also change along with the seasons. But as winter was ushered out by spring, that first year I photographed the lake, it immediately became evident that the changes to the land would be mirrored on the lake’s surface.

Suddenly Lake Michigan began to show an entirely new set of qualities related to light and color, rich and brilliant, heavily saturated hues in bronzes, oranges, reds, blues and purples. There is an intensity to many of these days that stands in stark contrast to the muted and dark periods of winter. Each season has, as is now quite obvious, it’s own character and nature and spring has, without a doubt, often had the power to leave me breathless. Spring on Lake Michigan shows us a world coming alive again from the last winter days.