On the Water
by Jeff Burgess
Title
On the Water
Artist
Jeff Burgess
Medium
Photograph - Fusion Photography
Description
A fusion work involving multiple images including a ship anchored at Port Townsend, Washington State, an image of a light house on Puget Sound, and the Olympic mountains.
'Port Townshend' was named by Captain George Vancouver (for his friend the Marquis of Townshend) in 1792, Port Townsend has an excellent safe harbor which is used commercially as well as by local mariners.
The official settlement of the city took place on the 24th of April, 1851. Called the "City of Dreams" because of the early speculation that the city would be the largest harbor on the west coast, wealthy and prosperous, somehow though, those early dreams failed to materialize and Seattle became the emerald city.
For several thousand years the only occupants at the site were native Indians. In the late 1700s and early 1800s the Indian population was decimated by disease transmitted by contact with white explorers. In some places disease - notably smallpox and measles - killed 90% of the Indians; by the time white settlers arrived local tribes had populations of no more that a few hundred and were so weakened they could not effectively resist the intruders.
The later history of Port Townsend is equally as interesting. As reported by a by the website: http://www.ptguide.com/history-a-attractions, "By the late 1800's Port Townsend was a well-known seaport, very active and banking on the future. Many homes and buildings were built during that time, with most of the architecture ornate Victorian. With the other Puget Sound ports growing in size, Port Townsend saw a rapid decline in population when the Northern Pacific Railroad failed to connect the city to the eastern Puget Sound city of Tacoma. By the late 1890's the boom was over. See this great 1878 Map of Port Townsend from the Library of Congress collection". Port Townsend remains a fun place to visit, even if it is just a short stop on the way to the Olympics and Hurricane Ridge or Port Angeles and the short hop to Victoria. T
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November 6th, 2013
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Comments (86)
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Mystery group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the Jan – Mar 2024 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the Jan – Mar 2024 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Nancy Griswold
Wonderful image, love the reflection, has a masterful feel to it and mystical atmosphere F/L
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Jeff!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Nancy Griswold
Wonderful image, love the reflection! FAV
Jeff Burgess replied:
This "fusion" work takes a lot of time and effort to get the effect that is shown. So, I thank you very much for the comment and "fav".