Winter Dune

Sometimes we are lucky enough to know our lives have been changed, to discard the old and embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course.

Jacque Yves-Cousteau

 

Dory in the Mist

When everything is stripped away, the essential is revealed.

BKS Iyengar

 

Early Morning

I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

 

Goose Rocks Beach

Wherever you are, it is always at the beginning. That’s why life is so beautiful, so young, so fresh.

Osho

 

Aquinnah

these mountains
that you are carrying,
you were only
supposed to climb.

Najwa Zebian

 

Island Beach

When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

Paulo Coelho

 

Passage

Next Time
 
Next time what I’d do is look at
the earth before saying anything. I’d stop
just before going into a house
and be an emperor for a minute
and listen better to the wind
or to the air being still.
When anyone talked to me, whether
blame or praise or just passing time,
I’d watch the face, how the mouth
has to work, and see any strain, any
sign of what lifted the voice.
 
And for all, I’d know more — the earth
bracing itself and soaring, the air
finding every leaf and feather over
forest and water, and for every person
the body glowing inside the clothes
like a light.

Mary Oliver

 

Bolero

Every day
is a good day.

Ummon

 

Three Dories

The soul of the world is nourished by people’s happiness.

Paulo Coelho

 

Wave Study

The lure of the distant and difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

John Burroughs

 

Wild Rose

The world is an echoing place. If we throw anger, anger comes back; if we give love, love comes back.

Osho

 

Off Shore

The essence of nature is change, a never-ending expression and re-expression of itself.

BKS Iyengar

 

Thank you for reading, we hope you enjoyed this gift. We wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy new year!
Michael and Christine

Dory in the Marsh

This new stunning image is being offered as a 14×14″ and 19×19″ toned, handmade silver gelatin photograph.

 

Vela, at the WoodenBoat School.

Michael is very excited to announce that he will be teaching a week-long course titled “Marine and Seascape Photography, how to “see” in black and white” September 6-12th at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin Maine.

Click here for more info and to register.

Below are a few pictures from the class last year! We had a great time exploring the beautiful coast of Maine. This class sells out quickly, so sign up now!

 

A student photographing the Blue Hill Reversing Falls

 

The WoodenBoat waterfront staff takes Michael and his students out to photograph their fleet of wooden boats.

 

Michael and his students exploring Babson Island Preserve, a beautiful island full of ferns with a lovely walking trail.

 

The students head over to Brooklin Boat Yard and Center Harbor Yacht club to photograph the boats.

 

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Did you know that Michael uses film cameras, processes his own negatives, and makes handmade silver gelatin photographs in the darkroom?

 

Learn more about Michael’s process, and keep up to date about his upcoming exhibitions here:

 

 

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Dory in the Mist was our best seller last year! Shown here as a 30×30″ fine art pigment print framed in white at the Focus Gallery, Chatham MA.

 

 

Michael reviewing proofs with Schiffer Publishing for two new books, “Sailing” and “East Coast Atlantic Beaches” to be released this spring!

 

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We are excited to share the following new images that Michael captured from the beautiful state of Maine this past year! These images and more are available for purchase, warmly toned, signed, numbered in limited edition and finished to museum standards. These unique photographs have exceptional collector value that will last for generations.

 

Maine Island

 

Around the island in search of a good story.

 

Marsh Study I

 

The wisest thing you can do is be present in the present, gratefully.
Maya Angelou

 

 

Marsh Study II

 

These two new marsh images are now showing at MassoniArt in Chestertown, Maryland.

 

   

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta

 

Michael has been photographing the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta for over twenty years. Check out our boat page to see more sailing images:

 

 

 

Maine Morning

 

Late Afternoon Sailing

 

Portland Light

 

Blue Hill Reversing Falls

 

There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, were none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and the music and it’s roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
Lord Byron

 

Naskeag Point

 

boketto: The act of gazing vacantly into the distance without a thought; simply be

 

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Did you know that we offer custom crops and custom sets? Please email us with your space requirements and we will help find the perfect sizes!

 

 

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Michael kept busy this year making photographs in his darkroom, signing fine art pigment prints, giving talks, photographing seascapes and regattas, being published in magazines and showing his work throughout the galleries that represent him! See some of the highlights below, and please follow us on Instagram.

 

 

 

Michael signing a fine art pigment print of Velsehda.

 

Michael’s work on display at Stanhope and Spencer Gallery in Rockland, Maine.

 

Michael gave a presentation to the photography students at the Kent School, CT this year!

 

 

Michael’s photograph “Off Season” on display at Sheldon Fine Art in Newport, RI.

 

 

Michael’s work was featured in N Magazine, Nantucket this summer.

 

 

Thank you for a wonderful year!

 

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Photographs by Michael Kahn are warmly toned, signed, numbered in limited edition and finished to museum standards. These unique photographs have exceptional collector value that will last for generations. If you are interested in purchasing Michael’s fine art photography, learn more about the galleries that represent his work here.

 

 

Michael Kahn’s fine art photography coffee-table books include Spirit of Sailing and Over the Dunes.

 

Visit Sheldon Fine Art, 59 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin photograph, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Visit MassoniArt, 203 High Street, Chestertown Maryland to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin photograph and 30×30″ fine art pigment print, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Visit the True North Gallery, 31 Dock Square Kennebunkport Maine to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin photograph and 30×30″ fine art pigment print, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Visit the Chatham Gallery, 595 Main Street Chatham MA to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin photograph and 30×30″ fine art pigment print, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Visit the North Water Gallery at 27 North Water Street Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin, 30×30″ fine art pigment print and 40×40″ fine art pigment print, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Visit the Cavalier Ebanks Gallery at 10 Federal Street Nantucket this summer to see these sailing and seascape images! Sizes are 14×14″ handmade silver gelatin, 19×19″ handmade silver gelatin and 30×30″ fine art pigment print, all signed and numbered in limited edition. Read more here!
 

Journey

It may be that when we no longer know what to do,
we have come to our real work
and when we no longer know which way to go,
we have begun our real journey.
Wendell Berry

Elena, Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

The Journey
There is a beauty in all art forms that is exemplified when you combine them, like words and photographs; a mystery develops as words and situations unfold before you, the place, the moment, the lighting. The photographer explores our delicate environment, and the result leads to paths and meanings that go deeper than meets the eye.
This year, I went on a journey deep into my favorite topics and places. I went to the bottom layer of my images and found their substance. It was there that I discovered the essence of photography and the simple secret that it encompasses: being there. Really being present, experiencing the entire moment, being fully engaged with all of the senses. I journeyed down the path of patience, with myself, my camera and film, with my surroundings, the light and clouds. Waiting for a cloud to pass, or the sun to reach a certain height, I discovered what it takes to make a fleeting moment truly timeless.
I visited the same places I have before, places that I am drawn to again and again…
The thing that amazes me is that each time I arrive home with something different than before.
I want to share this year’s journey with you; from small boats, to big boats, to landscapes and seascapes; and invite you in to this magical world that I captured on film, the world that is happening right now all around us.

Ruth

Small Reach Regatta
Lamoine State Park, Maine
Forty boats under 20 feet
four days of sailing

Above the Tide, WoodenBoat School, Brooklin Maine

I have been visiting this place for over a decade. WoodenBoat School has been presenting “hands-on” classes for 38 years with course offerings in boatbuilding, seamanship, and related crafts in which we honor the tradition, history, and craftsmanship. It is a wonderful community and I look forward to visiting each year.

Joyant, Eggemoggin Reach Regatta

1911 P-Class Herreshoff classic racing yacht

Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert Island Maine

Free, Popham Beach, Maine


The day after Hurricane Irene.

Three Dories

I watched these dories for five years…

Beach Day

South Beach, Martha’s Vineyard, between Tropical Storms Katia & Lee

Autumn Visit

Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Afternoon Walk, Lucy Vincent Beach, Martha’s Vineyard

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu

These new images and more are available in a range of sizes. Enjoy and fair winds!