Beautiful photographs and words, as usual. Loved this line: "Somehow it smells exactly like motion—like the world is shifting beneath your feet, and that shift is natural, expected." The boat photos are my favorites. Easy to see them moving!
Making the ordinary extraordinary is heart of making photographic art poetic it seems to me. You've done that here. I'm also drawn to any coast from my childhood on California's central coast, to years living on Massachusetts's Cape Ann and more recently on the Maine Coast. You've made tackle, lines and nets speak to place and the art of work. Thanks for the nudge to get back to the sea. I can smell the salty air.
Your comment about fixing and repairing rather than replacing strikes home to me. I spent the last four months fixing the website that I launched in 2008. I do not have the money to build a new site, so making the one I have work is what I do. I doubt that these fishermen have much money for new nets or new boats, just like me.
Jeff, a perfect essay on the water, the light, the people. There's just something about being near water where boats and people mingle. Wish I could have walked there.
Speaks to my Soul. Growing up in small coastal town among fishermen, I could feel, sense, taste and smell every word.
One must truly be still, to see when the beauty sneaks in through the cracks.
Thank you! Whether photographing or not, I think that self-stillness is key to really connecting with a place.
I agree, even when a place or situation is quiet, one can still be busy or noisy inside.
I appreciate those two words.. self- stillness
Repairing and/or repurposing makes everything more interesting and it always makes me feel more accomplished somehow. Nicely done!
Thanks! It does feel good, doesn't it?
It surely does.
Beautiful photographs and words, as usual. Loved this line: "Somehow it smells exactly like motion—like the world is shifting beneath your feet, and that shift is natural, expected." The boat photos are my favorites. Easy to see them moving!
Hey, thanks! I appreciate your kind words! Hope you're having a good rest of the summer!
Making the ordinary extraordinary is heart of making photographic art poetic it seems to me. You've done that here. I'm also drawn to any coast from my childhood on California's central coast, to years living on Massachusetts's Cape Ann and more recently on the Maine Coast. You've made tackle, lines and nets speak to place and the art of work. Thanks for the nudge to get back to the sea. I can smell the salty air.
It's one of those things that, once you know it, you can't forget it. Thanks, Steve, for your kind words about the photographs.
Your comment about fixing and repairing rather than replacing strikes home to me. I spent the last four months fixing the website that I launched in 2008. I do not have the money to build a new site, so making the one I have work is what I do. I doubt that these fishermen have much money for new nets or new boats, just like me.
Thanks, Dan... we tend to rush to replace rather than repair. And sometimes the repair is all we need.
Jeff, a perfect essay on the water, the light, the people. There's just something about being near water where boats and people mingle. Wish I could have walked there.
Thank you Mary! Yeah... no matter what the water is, it's always soothing to be near it.
Wonderful! Try as I might I can never get good shot of rope or nets... you have done a artful job! Now if I could only untangle my Lightroom....
Thanks, Marty! Yeah... Lightroom can be a little like that extension cord you need *right now* - looks good from afar, but... 🥸