The Whiteness of the Snow

[image error]Ray Atkeson, Timberline Lodge, 1945Back from Portland, where it snowed, to Brooklyn, where it is snowing. As the snow comes down it is light and lovely. It rests gently on the ground and muffles the city streets. It is briefly magical -- until the traffic starts up again. In Portland it was treacherous from the start, as cars slid across streets in front of us, and wheels churned on hills. Ray Atkeson's 1945 photograph of Mount Hood reflects both of these qualities. The whiteness of the snow ...