On ferryboats

[bojanfurst]

I thought I'd throw this here. I recently published, mostly as an experiment, a small story/essay on Medium on ferryboats. All the photos are made on film and a mix of TLR, rangefinder, and SLR cameras. I do a lot of work and research on islands so eventually I built a collection of ferry-related photos.

Here is the link: https://medium.com/@bojanfrst/on-ferryboats-eba01853b9f9

As I said, aside from reading a few things here and there, I have no experience with Medium as a platform so really just curious if there is an audience there for this kind of stuff.

Cheers

 

[Shac]

Bojan - never heard of Medium before your reference to it. However, I enjoyed your photos and text - we have our own ferrys system of course over here on the wet coast- thanks for sharing
David

 

[bojanfurst]

Bojan - never heard of Medium before your reference to it. However, I enjoyed your photos and text - we have our own ferrys system of course over here on the wet coast- thanks for sharing
David

Thank you David. A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of using BC ferries to get to Vancouver Island and then Gabriola.

I've been lurking on Medium for some time and I kind of like the payment scheme idea behind it. Really not sure it will work, but the media model is so broken, I am willing to offer a bit of support to anybody who tries something different.

B.

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

I love ferry boats. We have 2 of them in our vicinity, the Galveston ferry, and the Lynchburg Ferry near San Jacinto, Tx.

 

[B-9]

I have to ask Bojan,

Ever been to the famous Oak Island?

 

[peterm1]

Star Ferry Victoria Harbour

Hong Kong Mist by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Crossing by ferry by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Pulling into Hong Kong Central on a Star Ferry

Ferryman by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

 

[bojanfurst]

These are great. Keep them coming...

B.

 

[lynnb]

I enjoyed your essay Bojan. I hadn't seen the Medium platform before either. Let us know how many views it gets?

There's also a W/NW thread on ferries here if you would like to see some other ferry pictures.

 

[intheviewfinder]

Loved the the essay and photos.

 

[farlymac]

Besides the photos, I like all the references to ferries from ancient literature.

I do miss going to sea.

PF

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Great work and art!

 

[bojanfurst]

Thank you everyone.

 

[peterm1]

I was moved by this thread to place on my Flickr site, this newly post processed photo from a trip to Hong Kong that took I a few years back. While it does not show the ferry I was travelling on, it does show the sights across Victoria Harbour when making the famous Star Ferry trip from Central to Kowloon.

Across Victoria Harbour by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Shac]

Tsawassen to Victoria, BC Ferry

 

[bojanfurst]

I have to say I love all these ferry photos. And B-9 - I've never been to Oak Island... So many islands to visit...

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M2, Color Skopar 50mm f/2.5, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Girl with blue finger nails on the hydrofoil between Saigon and Vung Tau. January 2009. Canon 40D - 2.8/24-70.

 

[plummerl]

Although we have a fleet of ferries here in Puget Sound (Washington), there's nothing quite like ferries in Sweden in the middle of winter (Feb-Mar).

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summicron-M 50mm f/2 v4, 400-2TMY.

Erik.