The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach…
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Salt Pond, Cape Cod
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
Emily Dickinson
Rainbow
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
Coral of Cowes
Built as a gaff yawl by White Brothers of Southampton in 1902. She successfully won prestigious races such as the Kings Cup and the Queens Cup.
Rainbow
In 1934, the original William Starling Burgess Design J Class Rainbow was launched at the Herreshoff Yard in Bristol. She was built to defend the America’s Cup against “Endeavour” in 1934.
Michael speaking to a group during his three person exhibition “Sailing” at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA.
Marsh Study
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Birds, Topsail Island
we are both salt water mixed with air.
Nayyirah Waheed
Michael photographing Columbia at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
“Kahn… eschews color in favor of the luminous, infinitely subtle range of shades offered by toned silver gelatin photography.”
– Chestertown Spy interview
“Photographs of the Sea” Solo Exhibition, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 2016
Nantucket Dune Fence
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. Thomas Hardy
Michael on location in Cape Cod
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