Eastmost, the century-old home at 85 Baxter Rd. is being moved to a safer place in Monomoy. This beautiful home has overlooked the Atlantic ocean with it’s place on the bluff since 1908.
N Magazine has a nice feature using our Sconset Bluff erosion photographs. We’re on pages 10, 11, and 12 and our photograph is used on the index page. Thanks to the N Magazine staff for doing such a great job!
The bluff house, Swept Away, is being moved now. Last week we had noticed more undercutting close to the house and tonight, we found the patio had finally fallen. It is being moved back 20 feet to allow for a little more time at this location.A house was lost on Smith’s Point due to the [...]
We have a new fine art folio of our project, Questions of Privilege, about Nantucket’s ‘Sconset Bluff. The folio includes photographs of the southern end of the bluff which retains its gentle slopes and the northern end which has been ravaged by erosion this year. This project was photographed from October 18, 2009 to March [...]
Saturday, I returned to ‘Sconset beach. It was a beautiful sunny day. I waited for a period of low tide to make it safe to venture into this area of the beach as there is no way to quickly exit. I haven’t been down in this part of the beach for 9 days and I [...]
We spent a few hours on Sconset Beach last evening when low tides allowed us access. You have to be as careful below the bluff as you are on top as there are large, unstable areas that are poised to fall.
I went to the bluff again tonight. It was a beautiful evening with a light breeze, warm temperatures and a huge, orange sun low on the horizon. The water was clean – free of the sand and dirt that has been stirred up lately. I saw a whale blow a large burst of spray in [...]
These photos were taken 11 days apart. I apologize for the lack of quality as these were taken facing north during nor’easters. You can click on the photographs to see a larger image.
I went out this evening during a nor’easter. The winds made shooting difficult. I’m adding a few more views of edge erosion and one of the sign at the end of the bluff walk. Please click on the photograph to see a larger image.
© Van Lieu Photography. Powered by WordPress using the DePo Clean Theme.
VFXY Photos. Photoblog Community. Photoblogs.org.