The beauty of Mass. lighthouses, shot by Natick photographer Juergen Roth

All through the coronavirus pandemic, photographer Juergen Roth traveled between lighthouses from Cape Cod to Cape Ann.

The award-winning photographer captured pictures of the enduring Massachusetts buildings and not too long ago shared them in a weblog publish referred to as “2020 Best of Massachusetts Lighthouse Photography.”

“I’m pleased that individuals can journey to locations by my footage, even by the pandemic,” he mentioned.

The panorama, seascape, and Boston photographer from Natick is a local of Germany who moved to Massachusetts 20 years in the past and operates Roth Galleries, a set of New England high-quality artwork images and Boston pictures.

“I preserve telling everyone that I’m so fortunate to name New England dwelling,” Roth mentioned. “There’s so many various elements that you would be able to discover. It’s sufficient for a lifetime, truly.”

Roth mentioned he’s at all times been drawn to lighthouses as a result of “they’ve one thing particular.” When requested his favourite native lighthouse, he named a number of, together with Nauset Gentle in Eastham for its colours and Boston Gentle and Graves Gentle in Boston “since you get two in a single shot.”

“I really like Minot’s Gentle due to the waves,” he mentioned. “There’s simply a lot drive with the waves and the ocean, it’s simply superb that it’s nonetheless standing. It at all times blows my thoughts. ”

For these seeking to {photograph} lighthouses within the new yr, Roth mentioned the time of day you go to makes a distinction.

“The lighting is at all times essential in images,” Roth mentioned. “Sometimes, I am going out at dawn or sundown. The morning gentle, dawn, and the night gentle, they name it ‘the golden hour,’ it places like a pleasant heat spell on the topic. It paints all of it in heat colours.”

The next are Roth’s greatest lighthouse pictures of 2020: