Before the Season

Before the Season was photographed at the lakeside in the weeks between winter and the return of seasonal activity. Trees have been cut back, benches are largely empty and paths are still exposed. Jetties and other public structures are already in place, but few people appear. The places are prepared for a season that has not yet arrived.

Bare trees line a lakeside promenade with benches and a few distant people.
A wooden jetty and small boat sit on a pale lake.
An empty bench stands below a cut back tree beside the lake.
Two cut back trees stand beside an empty bench and lakeside wall.
A person stands at the end of a long wooden pier.
A green bench faces a pale lake behind bare winter shrubs.