Monhegan Island is a rocky speck 12 miles off the Maine
coast.
It measures just 1.75 miles long and .75 mile across. There are no automobiles allowed. You can't even bring a bicycle.
While the island’s 75 full time residents are lobstermen, Monhegan is most famous as an art colony; one that became prominent in the 1890s and remains so
today. Like northern New Mexico, Monhegan boasts
magic light that has inspired generations of artists including Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent and Jamie Wyeth.
The island’s lighthouse sits at the height of
land. I photographed it as the sun disappeared beneath the horizon
behind me. The white clapboards of the adjacent buildings seem to glow
against the darkening sky.
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This is, by far, one of your most dramatic and lovely black and white images, Steve!
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