Chesapeake Oystermen

Name: Chesapeake Oystermen
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781667862620
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By Garvin Smith

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Chesapeake Oystermen presents a compelling photojournalistic narrative of the challenging winter oyster harvest in Chesapeake Bay. It explores the harsh, icy conditions faced by the oystermen, alongside detailed visuals of their boats, equipment, and traditional harvesting methods. The book enriches this portrayal with historical insights into the region and the oyster's biological heritage, complemented by ten historical recipes passed down through oystermen's families. Photographs are paired with vivid accounts of the photographer’s experiences and the impact of cold weather on the equipment used each day.
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This book is ideal for readers fascinated by maritime culture, environmental history, and traditional fishing communities. It appeals to enthusiasts of photography and those interested in the Chesapeake Bay’s unique heritage and cuisine.

This coffee table photobook depicts oystermen harvesting oysters in adverse, cold conditions in the Chesapeake Bay tributary, Patuxent River, offshore from Solomons Island, Maryland. The book includes historical descriptions of the area, information about the biological lineage of the local oyster, and 10 historical recipes from the oystermen's families.

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Chesapeake Oystermen is a photojournalistic adventure of the adverse, icy conditions that the oysterman must endure during the Chesapeake Bay's winter harvest season. The photos vividly capture the various equipment, boats, and methods used to collect oysters.

Included in the book are historical descriptions of the area, detailed information about the biological lineage of the local oyster, and 10 historical recipes from the oystermen's families. These elements provide a rich context to the visual narrative.

Accompanying the photos are detailed accounts of the conditions the photographer faced and the effects the cold had upon his equipment each day, adding an additional layer of depth to the reader's experience.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781667862620

Publisher: BookBaby

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: BookBaby

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 285.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 72

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Arts & Culture Garvin Smith Non-Fiction

About the Author

Garvin Smith grew up exposed to the Art culture and museums in Washington DC and Baltimore, Md. At the early age of four he started drawing, by the age of seven did his first oil painting studies. His Father started teaching him the camera basics at the age of nine and he did his first commercial job at the age of fourteen.
His art and photography style today are heavily influenced by his studies at the George Washington University's Corcoran College of Art & Design and the Washington Color school artists.
Today he still uses film and this old school mindset and discipline when creating his black and white digital works. As an Artist, the camera is one of the tools that he uses to capture nature's creations. Nature provides many types of beauty.... landscape and the human form. We just have to create the framework that directs the viewer to the main point of interest. As an artist he uses his camera or brush to capture his subject and light as his medium to define and accent the beauty which creates the illusion of mystery and evokes emotional responses within us.