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Brunswick, Georgia and the Golden Isles New Years 2008/2009
Obviously I spend a lot of time with my family in Coastal Georgia. It is our favorite getaway and one of the last unspoiled areas on the American Atlantic Coast.
A friend of mine, artist Todd Murphy, described the marshes of coastal Georgia as a “prehistoric soup”. That’s pretty accurate when you think of the complex and rich eco-system around this part of the state. We took a short trip out on a shrimp boat and trawled through the river marshes and pulled in a LOT of shrimp, eel, squid, crab, and a lot of various fish. I’ll post a movie of our boat trip and haul next post. The plight of the shrimpers in America has become critical. Our government has let Thailand flood our markets with cheap bulk shrimp – shrimp that in most cases has remained frozen for a full year before it reaches your plate. Between government regulation and the price of diesel fuel for the shrimp boats, each year it becomes more cost prohibitive to stay in business for these shrimpers. A few years ago there were over 400 shrimp boats registered for coastal Georgia. Today there are 67. No one believes the industry will last more than a few years without change. The marsh rivers are supposed to be dredged by the government every five years. This keeps the waterways clean of debris and navigable for shrimpers and boats. They haven’t been dredged in fifteen years because (according to one local shrimper) all of the the federal equipment is in Iraq dredging the waterways there. Try to look at the shrimp you buy, and don’t buy shrimp frozen and imported from Thailand.
Here are a few snaps from my latest vacation to coastal Georgia. For more Coastal Georgia pics, check out the Brunswick tag to in the right column . I shoot in this area a lot- for myself, for magazine editorial, and for commercial clients. I know all the nooks and crannies !
A b/w aerial photo of downtown Dallas,Texas
eveything looks different from a birds
A Fahey family portrait- a great B/W Photo from the 20’s
- 2 Irish girls, ages 8 and 10, from 1921. My aunts Donna and Frances Fahey.
My Grandmother, Laura Fahey,was a seamstress and made the girls’ dresses.