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Posts Tagged South Shore

The Sandman

This shot is from the middle of this month. We had previously had some days of high surf and it appears they have left a lot of sand on this beach. The sand was driven all the way up to the top of the bank. It didn’t seem all that cold – 30ish – until [...]


Katia in White

I’m posting a few more photographs that I took when Hurricane Katia passed to the east of Nantucket. It did not produce particularly stormy conditions here but did provide some wonderful waves and the whitest surf I have seen here. The water was muddied from the strong roiling motion of the waves but the surf [...]


Katia

Hurricane Katia passed a couple of hundred miles east of Nantucket and it brought some beautiful waves and light on Friday morning. This shot is a preview and one of the few I have processed in black and white so I thought I would post it by itself.


East of Cisco

Dirck and I went out tonight without expectations. Summer is a challenging time to shoot here – there are so many people. We decided to try this small beach. The sky cooperated but the ocean was very flat and the beaches were covered in footprints. We had a very nice time. It is always nice [...]


Two Waves

These were taken the same day as the previous entry. The wind was extremely strong, filling my pockets with sand while I was shooting. ~ Sharon


Here Was Peace

Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see. ~Zora Neale Hurston


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