The changing moods of the water’s mirrored surface with the coming and going of the tides. Scattered leftovers of crustaceans lying like the charred remains of war convoys on ancient outcrops after the seagulls’ feast. The faint glow of the Milky Way above the light pollution, shadowed by the dark oasis of a tree stand to the lullaby of a bell buoy amidst fireflies. Horse Island combines photographic documentation of field visits and archival research, recreated views of historic prints and maps to draw a portrait of a coastal research station owned and operated by the Yale Peabody of Natural History in Long Island Sound. An artist essay about the author’s first experiences of the island and its blurry history serves an an introduction to sections showing its geology, historic maps and photographs, birds and invertebrates, each with a corresponding museum specimen previously collected at the island. The resulting artist book is a collaboration with collection managers, archivists and museum staff.

Available on-demand at print cost from Blurb.com, with artist essay presented in its original, unedited version.

ISBN: 978-9-36-854703-4; 208 full-color pages; 6 x 9 inches; Digital offset printing by Blurb, San Francisco; Imagewrap hardcover, perfect bound; 1st edition, 2019; English

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