Study of boat hulls in the Port Townsend Dry Dock
When I first discovered the shipyards of Port Townsend, I was mesmerized
by the abstract surfaces and the unique combination of colors found in the
boats’ hulls. Each texture told a story: from the marking of their passage
through rough Alaskan waters, to the sandblasting and stripping of those being
restored for their return to sea. Studying these layers of decay fascinated me,
as it is this graphic evidence of both the random damage from nature and the
intentional damage from the human touch. In this series of photographs I wanted
to capture how these organic shapes and dynamic colors create an
abstract topography of the boat’s history, and a way of understanding the
timelessness of each journey upon which they have embarked.
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