On January 21, 2023, on a quiet stretch of beach near Astoria, Oregon, I encountered one of three dead whales which washed ashore in Oregon in one week. This one happened to be at the same location as the 1906 shipwreck of the iron barque Peter Iredale. As a photographer, I documented the scene with a variety of tools, from iPhone to 4x5 film. This short film was assembled mostly from digital stills and iPhone video. I released this film initially to my Substack subscribers on January, 1, 2024. You can read more about the project there. https://lelandbuck.substack.com/p/the...
The Wreck of the Whale & The Peter Iredale
- Date
- January 2024
- Medium
- Video
...They call these waters “the Graveyard of the Pacific” for good reason. From this point on Clatsop Spit north to Vancouver Island, over 2000 ships have met their demise.