Three Giacolone brothers (right) sorting fish at the Gloucester auction 2009. ©Photo by Sam Murfitt
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For over 5 years, Sam Murfitt has been documenting Maine’s Working Waterfront. He has photographed the lobstermen, fish and bait dealers, fishermen, and boat builders, as well as the social fabric of lobster boat races, country fairs and parades. He has a background in boatbuilding, having worked for Hood Yachts and Rollins Boatshop among others. Murfitt is a lifelong photographer and has been an instructor at Parsons New School, an assistant to a dozen photographers, and has operated his own studio for 16 years. He taught photography at the New York Public Theater and photographed American stories for Der Spiegel and deVelt. Seeing the Working Waterfront rapidly changing and disappearing, he decided to focus his attention on documenting the disappearing traditions and crafts, and the people involved in them.
There will be three shows of his photographs this spring and summer.
The upcoming shows are at the Maine Maritime Museum from May 3rd to November 29th with photographs of the Maine Ground Fisheries. Open for the month of May, The Blue Hill Library show is photographs of Lobstering in Maine, Maine Boatbuilders and Fishing in New England. The third show will be at the Jonesport Library for June, July and August, and will cover the fishermen and boatbuilders of Beal’s Island.
Show Hours:
• Blue Hill Library, 5 Parker Point Rd., Blue Hill, Hours: MTWF 10 am - 6 pm, Thur. 10 am - 8 pm, Sat. 10 am - 2 pm. Tel: 207- 374-5515
• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath 9:30 am - 5 pm every day.
• University of Maine at Machais, May 15 - June 15
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