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ISLAND
"An Island backed like a Whale..." Captain John Smith's log entry on seeing Monhegan Island for the first time in 1614. . . The name Monhegan derives from Monchiggon, Algonquian for "out-to-sea island." The island got its start as a British fishing camp prior to settlement of the Plymouth Colony. Cod was harvested from the rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Maine, then dried as fish flakes before shipment to Europe. A trading post was built to conduct business with the Indians, particularly in the lucrative fur trade. It was Monhegan traders who taught English to Samoset, the sagamore who in 1621 startled the Pilgrims by boldly walking into their new village at Plymouth and saying: "Welcome, Englishmen." .... In 1850 a 48 foot tall granite lighthouse was built on the island, with a fog bell station built in 1855 on nearby Manana Island. The island's 1,000 acres of good land encouraged agriculture, with potatoes the chief crop. But fishing and particularly lobstering, was always the most important industry. Today it still dominates Monhegan’s economy. . .The beginnings of the art colony on Monhegan date to the mid-19th century; by 1890, it was firmly established. Among the prominent artists who have found inspiration on the island are Robert Henri, Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. After World War II many New York artists settled on the island for the summer months. Among them Joe DeMartini, Hans Moeller, Reuben Tam, Zero Mostel, Lynne Drexler and my father Charles Martin, who built a studio overlooking the meadow next to the Yellow House be purchased in 1960.
"An Island backed like a Whale..." Captain John Smith's log entry on seeing Monhegan Island for the first time in 1614. . . The name Monhegan derives from Monchiggon, Algonquian for "out-to-sea island." The island got its start as a British fishing camp prior to settlement of the Plymouth Colony. Cod was harvested from the rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Maine, then dried as fish flakes before shipment to Europe. A trading post was built to conduct business with the Indians, particularly in the lucrative fur trade. It was Monhegan traders who taught English to Samoset, the sagamore who in 1621 startled the Pilgrims by boldly walking into their new village at Plymouth and saying: "Welcome, Englishmen." .... In 1850 a 48 foot tall granite lighthouse was built on the island, with a fog bell station built in 1855 on nearby Manana Island. The island's 1,000 acres of good land encouraged agriculture, with potatoes the chief crop. But fishing and particularly lobstering, was always the most important industry. Today it still dominates Monhegan’s economy. . .The beginnings of the art colony on Monhegan date to the mid-19th century; by 1890, it was firmly established. Among the prominent artists who have found inspiration on the island are Robert Henri, Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. After World War II many New York artists settled on the island for the summer months. Among them Joe DeMartini, Hans Moeller, Reuben Tam, Zero Mostel, Lynne Drexler and my father Charles Martin, who built a studio overlooking the meadow next to the Yellow House be purchased in 1960.
PEOPLE
Red Army Girl. . . . . . . . From Dazhengzhao. In rural china people are proud to have their picture taken. If you slide the camera around to take another shot they will slide with it, smiles broadening. Sometimes this is irritating (but don't show it) or comical (but don't laugh). In the case of this subject the experience was pleasurable.
Red Army Girl. . . . . . . . From Dazhengzhao. In rural china people are proud to have their picture taken. If you slide the camera around to take another shot they will slide with it, smiles broadening. Sometimes this is irritating (but don't show it) or comical (but don't laugh). In the case of this subject the experience was pleasurable.
DROWNING ROAD
DAZHENGZHAO VILLAGE
OUTSCAPES
1000 LAYER SHOES
BLACK AND WHITE
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