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Joe Stratton \u201920 shared this photo he took at sunrise in his hometown, Southwick, Mass., in the Pioneer Valley. Joe pursues photography as a hobby, but aspires to professional work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a deep love and admiration for all of New England,\u201d Stratton says. \u201cFrom the coasts to the mountaintops, from the valleys to the islands, and every town green in between, traveling my home region and telling its story through photographs has become my favorite creative outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe captured this photo at Bowen’s Wharf in Newport, R.I. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stratton says, \u201cThe sun was setting behind the iconic anchor and the tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry<\/em>, making for a beautiful backdrop for this photo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See more of his work on Instagram @_joes_shots<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alumni photographers share what they find on the scenic route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2025","architecture-network","architecture-scenic-route"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17857"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17957,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17857\/revisions\/17957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}