As most of you know, I was a resident at the Willapa Bay AiR for the month of October. Photographing with my 120 Pinhole camera onto color negative film, I wanted to make a personal record of the Long Beach peninsula, a place I have been going to regularly for over 30 years. Two miles wide and 28 miles long, the peninsula is bounded by the Willapa Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The roar of the ocean is a constant. The people who live there make their living from oysters, cranberries, fish and the tourists. Leadbetter National Wildlife Refuge, on the north is a wonderful place to hike and walk. Cape Disappointment is on the South end along with many camp grounds and the Lewis and Clark museum.
I set out every day to photograph, often taking no more than 12 photographs a day (one roll). I looked at and listened to the ocean and the birds and the bay. Here is my first take on the images. Thirty-four of them are in this portfolio and I am amazed by how each one speaks to me. As always thank you for looking. Please visit the Willapa Bay Peninsula and love it as much as I do.
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Barn in the Meadow
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Sea Grasses
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Low Tide at Nahcotta
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The Slough
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Chief Nahcotta Grave
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Little Grave
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Tide Coming In
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Cranberry Shack
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Road to Lone Fir Cemetery
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Driveway into the Willapa AiR
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Ilwaco
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A Carnival Ride
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South of Cape Disappointment
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The Road to the Cross
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Cape Disappointment Houses
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Old House next to Oysterville Cemetery
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Internet Access
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Twin Babies
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Cranberry Bogs
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Surf Unsafe
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Oysterville Landscape
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Tall Barn in Oysterville
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Road North of Sea Farms
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Out on the Dike
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House on the Dike
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Marina Double Exposed
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Schoolhouse (Quadruple Exposure)
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The Tree
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The Cross
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Mountains of Oyster Shells
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Nachotta Oyster Shell Piles
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Cabins in Nahcotta
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Road up a Mountain of Oyster Shells
