Continuing my ride home from the Balance Center. This was taken at Camp Ellis. Normally this is the time that boats taken out and dry-docked are being put back into the water. This is not happening a lot right now. SO you drive around to see the boats on land. Camp Ellis is an area that may not be there any longer in the future. Because of Global Warming, the tides during the full moon or storms are slowly eroding the area. Many homes are gone. They try very hard to stop it but you can't stop water that easy. So I love every year to get down and document the area that someday my family looking at these photos will ask "Where is this place?" The answer will be gone. And black and white somehow seems appropriate.
Erosion isa constant battle with the elements Joan....it’s so sad to see places disappear & nothing to be done about it! We see the same thing happening here on the east coast mostly...whole houses dropping into the sea.
Being able to document a place before, during or after its lifetime is one of those great things about photography. About 3 years ago now our club was given permission to walk around and photograph an old barn in Smithfield. Well, you know me and barns! That barn was torn down at the end of 2019. I look at the pictures now and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to take them. It was a beautiful barn but like the water Camp Ellis is battling, the tides of progress eroded Moisier's Barn. Great shot!
