MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 15, 2020
“Bring me the sunset in a cup,” once said Emily Dickinson.
Since last March, Edmonds photographer Roger A. Barnstead has responded to Dickinson’s challenge with astonishing commitment by capturing the glorious waterfront sunsets of Edmonds in extraordinary images. It’s a passion that’s inspiring to his many fans.
With his artist’s eye, Barnstead literally sees a photo possibility every which way he turns. “Astoundingly beautiful,” he declares of practically every moment of sunset that he witnesses. It’s no wonder he has a huge and loyal following on www.nextdoor.com.
Barnstead’s website, www.sunsetsofthepandemic.com, subtitled “Sunsets from Edmonds WA in the time of Covid,” chronicles his unique love affair with these exquisite Edmonds twilights. He started the site as “a simple answer to raising morale in Edmonds” during the pandemic: “…To capture the sunset along the town’s waterfront and sharing�