This was one of the more challenging composite photos I developed for my 2022 show at The Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont. It is made up of 6 separate images shot in Maine and coastal Massachusetts. The old house is the Nichols Sortwell House on Route One in Wiscasset, Maine just up the street from the famous Red’s Eats Lobster Shack. The house in now a Museum and when I photographed it the outside was wonderfully weatherbeaten — very New England.
Here’s a little history on it from the house’s website… “Shipping magnate William Nickels had this impressive mansion built in 1807 as a symbol of his wealth and status. His ships traveled to Europe and the West Indies, bringing back fine imported goods for wealthy Wiscasset households. William and Jane Nickels’ lavish lifestyle came to an abrupt end when Thomas Jefferson’s Embargo of 1807 devastated the East Coast economy by prohibiting international trade. By the time of his death in 1815, William Nickels was bankrupt, Jane had died, and their children were left with nothing but debt.”
The images of the lighthouse and coast is from Port Clyde looking over to Tenants Harbour, Maine.
