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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty One: Ruins and wrecks: photographing the rusted, busted past > Wreck of the Peter Iredale, Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, 2009
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21-JUN-2009

Wreck of the Peter Iredale, Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, 2009

The Peter Iredale ran aground near the mouth of the Columbia River in 1906. One hundred and three years later, its rusted hull still sits locked in the sands of Columbia Beach. I wanted to express its haunted feeling here, photographing it from a great distance and incorporating a sweep of afternoon clouds. Tourists still swarm over the wreckage, seen here at low tide. Since the thrust of the image is built around the silhouettes of the ship and the people, I’ve converted it to black and white.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/1600s f/11.0 at 45.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Carol E Sandgren05-Jul-2009 20:20
In this image of the wreck, you have captured a few people, but the one I am interested in is beside the hull, extending his arms as if to ressurect this vessel back into service, maybe trying to push the wreck back into floating water (ha, good luck!) I also noticed what appears to be a peace sign etched into the sand in the foreground. As a contrast to your other image of the vessel with no people in it, this one suggests interest and hope as opposed to isolation and disinterest in this forgotten vessel. I like the fact too that it is in monochrome which gives more of a docomentary feel to the image.
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