Cape Ann Images: Schooner "Thomas E. Lannon"

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester, Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. For that reason artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years, they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Schooner "Thomas E. Lannon"

Oh how I wished...I was into photography in 1997! Back then I was working in Topsfield and every morning on my way to work I'd pass through Essex and see the progress of the building of the schooner "Thomas E. Lannon". I would slow down and look right cranning my neck for a glimpse on what it must of been like during the heyday of building schooners in Essex.And on the way home look left for another glimpse. Now that I think of it,it's a wonder I never had an accident! I was on "auto pilot" those days and wished I could be the one who's dreams were being created out of oak,hemp and tar! Born in Essex and living in Gloucester the schooner is a fixture now among the fishing and pleasure vessels and as much the old Paint Factory has become an icon, the "TEL" has become a living icon ever changing the Gloucester harbor scenery.
Captain Tom Ellis and his schooner "Thomas E. Lannon":