This is my last in the series from Tangier Island, Va. ’73. I thanked them then and I thank them now the warm hearted Tangiermen and their families. The story set me off on a career at NatGeo and subsequently all over the world photographing a wide variety of people and customs. Yet nothing …
“Sonny Boy” Parks took me in on Tangier Island,Va. in ’73. Invited me on his boat. No small gesture. I never could figure out how he could find his crab pot bouys. No GPS then. But he knew where to go.Many a great conversation with Sonny Boy. A life on the water creates wise …
Wedding on Tangier Island, Va. In 1973. I got very close to the people of Tangier in my weeks living there for my first story for NatGeo. Scroll back to the cover shot to see part of the published essay#chesapeakebay #tangierisland #kodachrome
Second hand shoe market stall #lagos Island Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burnmagazine#burndiary#streetphotography#tomsaater
Kids have a summertime swing from the rigging of a grounded menhaden boat on Tangier Island, Va. 1973. This was the opening spread for my first published story in NatGeo. Scroll back to the cover shot for the full story. #tangierisland#chesapeakebay #kodachrome
Pre-dawn goose hunting on Tangier Island, Va. in the Chesapeake Bay. Part of my essay ” This Is My Home: Tangier” appearing Nov ’73 in NatGeoMagazine. #chesapeakebay #kodachrome#tangierisland
The Tangier Island volunteer fire department goes on a training mission back in 1973. This small sandbar of an island in the Chesapeake Bay, Va. pop. 850, had only narrow paths allowing only minimal motorized traffic. Most people walked or had bikes. The blue crabs of the bay provided their livelihood. Nobody on this …
Morning moon sets on Tangier Island, Va. Number 3 in my little series from Tangier my first photoessay for NatGeo in ’73. #chesapeakebay #tangierisland#kodachrome
Tangier Island watermen crash through heavy seas in their quest for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, Va. It’s a hard life yet an independent life for these watermen. This is number 2 in my little series from my first published NatGeo photoessay from way back in ’73.
I’m on my front porch in my fave spot looking at sand and wind and light. Darkroom ready to roll. So yea it’s a bit of nostalgia time before I hit the road again soon for a 6 week marathon. This was my first cover for NatGeoMagazine back in ’73 when I was …
