the world.

(calm music) Whether it's in a photograph or one of my time lapses.

(calm music continues) People should want to come and visit here, and I do everything I can to encourage it.

(claps) My name is Mike Cohea, and this is my take on capturing Providence's beauty.

I'm originally from the West Coast.

Grew up a little bit outside of Portland, Oregon, and in 2006, I loaded up my Subaru and rolled into Rhode Island.

(gentle music) When I first came to Providence, my first view of it was coming up Interstate 95 North, and just the skyline revealed itself to me.

And ever since that day, I've just had a complete fascination with it.

(gentle music continues) So as I took more and more photos of Providence, what I really got interested in is sharing Providence's beauty with the world.

(gentle music continues) Off of that spurred a whole bunch of opportunities to share Providence in one way, shape or another, and really try to help put Providence on the map.

A lot of elements can make up a good photograph, but the two that I really stick with is the city of Providence and a really unique event, whether that be a sunset or a thunderstorm or really any kind of weather or clouds that come in.

(gentle music continues) I feel it's really important that we can share what we see, and if I see something, I know other people are in downtown Providence seeing it too, and we can share that moment together.

(gentle music continues) So one of my favorite subjects of photographing all of Providence is the Independent Man.

(calm music) I've photographed him in so many different ways, from being covered in snow in his loin cloth to standing there bravely as a thunderstorm passes right behind him and lightning bolts are dropping everywhere.

He's just the perfect subject for any situation.

You can line him right up perfectly with the sun and have him silhouette it.

(calm music continues) I think I was always meant to be a photographer, perfectly suits my lifestyle and what brings me pleasure and really what drives me.

(bright music) The fact that there are photos out there that I have in my mind that I haven't taken yet, just keeps me up at night.

All I want to do is take those photographs.

But I know once I take those photographs, there'll be new photographs to replace 'em.

That really is what keeps me going.

Providence is beautiful.

Providence has been photographed very well for a really long time, and really I'm just the next person in line to document it's beauty until somebody comes and replaces me.

(claps) My name is Mike Cohea, and that was my take (camera clicking) on capturing Providence's Beauty.

- And that's our broadcast this evening.