Sam Goldsmith

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Last Post From Portland: Wreck of the Peter Iredale


 Tomorrow I fly out to Washington, D.C., to start my new life back in school. This time I suspect it will be more work than music school was. To celebrate, I have but one more photo gallery to share with everyone, this from a recent excursion to Astoria and Fort Stevens, both or which, I must say, were pretty boring and not particularly beautiful. I can't recommend going there. But the Wreck of the Peter Iredale was a fun photo subject. In its presence it looked like trash someone didn't bother cleaning up and decided to call "historical" to avoid responsibility for picking up after it. I wanted to capture its insignificance and smallness in comparison to the water, sky, and sand around it. A lot of photos I've seen of it online make it look big and bizarre, but I thought it was puny and funny in a pathetic sort of way. Anyway, enjoy the photos, and I'll be writing next time from the nation's capitol!

Waded into the cold Pacific Ocean for shots like this. Totally worth it.
This is a more standard composition of the wreck. Looks bigger than it really is, right?
This is a little closer to what it actually looked like.
There were a number of rusted posts like this just under water, and probably others I didn't see. Seems a little dangerous considering all the little kids playing around, but what do I know?
This is probably my favorite shot of the day.

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