Tides of Labor
Oregon 1973

Oregon’s coastal workers—on boats, in harbors, and behind cannery doors. These images document the rhythms of a world shaped by sea and labor: men hauling nets, women sorting and cleaning the catch.

It was work dictated by tides—repetitive, physical, and shared. Half a century later, much of that world has changed. What remains is the quiet dignity in these gestures, and the memory of hands moving in time with the water.