Oct 5, 2013 | Blog
Last night we went to the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, wandering through the boatyards and down to the river. We shot the bridge under construction, talked with the locals, gaped at the huge boats out of water. It was a beautiful warm night, even a few stars visible beyond the glaring lights set up for the workers rebuilding the bridge. For the grand finale, we went to a little park along the Duwamish River. The low tide left a muddy beach that was sticky in the dark. As we exposed our images, the rocks in the shallow water started to move and we realized the rocks were racoons. There is so much color and life at night! Staying with a four minute exposure and then a four minute noise reduction process, forces one to just stand and look and listen. Such a gift to do this in the dark, in the city. The featured image for this post is my four minute exposure, looking north up the Duwamish toward downtown Seattle.
In the boatyard, the boats were giant shapes lurking in the dark. The photograph reveals the remarkable colors and personalities of these vessels. Is there anything I love more than a boat out of water? Here are two images:
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Feb 26, 2013 | Portfolio
Featured image: Stanley Ave South and South Albro
I have been working since 2013 on a project called NightTime. These images were all made within the neighborhood where I live near the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. The neighborhood is a mixture of industrial and residential structures, full of train yards, factories, overpasses, trailers, small homes and beautiful gardens. Situated at the end of Boeing Field, it endures an enormous amount of truck, train and airplane traffic. In 2014, the Argo Yard Bridge, connecting the neighborhood to downtown Seattle via Airport Way was closed for reconstruction for about 18 months. It was a time of heavy construction on the bridge mixed with greatly reduced truck traffic along the streets. Georgetown was in the throes of change. My photographs try to capture both that change and the historical nature of the area.
At night Georgetown is alive. The freeway, the train yards, the Duwamish River and Boeing Field create the four edges of the neighborhood. These edges hum with noise and movement, yet there is solitude to be found on the tracks after trains pass, in the alleys after planes land and on the streets when the trucks are silent.
The Nighttime images are a work in progress. This portfolio will continue to evolve and change, just as Georgetown has done. The images are printed in an edition of 10/15 x 10 inches. All images are shot with low ISO, long exposure digital capture and printed on rag paper with archival inks. Please inquire about print availability, size and pricing. Please see the blog for updates about this portfolio: ten of these images were in the viewing drawers of Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon during 2016. They were shown at Gallery 110 in Seattle for the month of September, 2017.
