Cedar & Sea | Columbia River Maritime Museum

Two years in the making with this in depth project, it was one of the cooler opportunities that I got to take a part in. The Cedar & Sea exhibit just launched at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria - the town where they filmed ‘The Goonies’. The exhibit covers the relationship between cedar and the Pacific Northwest Coastal Indigenous People. 

I was commissioned to photograph four separate rooms where I had to make huge panoramic photos. The main room with the ocean landscape photo ended up printing 120 feet by 10 feet tall. Huge! My images are just a small part of the display and there’s amazing wood work in there including a handcrafted cedar boat along with the tools of survival. 

The entrance to the display. 

Here's the main room with a 360 panoramic 120 foot image I photographed in Olympic National Park. 

The flora / fauna room. 

This particular image was probably themes challenging I had to get into the cold murky Pacific Ocean and make a panoramic half sky and half ocean. It was sort of creepy really because I was by myself and just floating around in the ocean. 

The display is a fixture at the museum so if you're in the area check it out, it's a fun walk through.