Coasts – Cameras – Action

Maybe snapping a picture through Metal Marcy’s camera will imbue a bit of Marcy Merrill’s photographic talent? The flesh and blood photographer has been a part of the North Cove since 1992 as she shifted her professional photographic skills from Seattle to our community.

 And let’s not forget Hawkeye who has joined the many loved pets where old dogs go. We remember him sketching abstract designs in the sand by pushing a buoy across the beach. When the Merrills got him as a rescue age 5 – 7, his teeth were worn down from capturing and chewing rocks. Fortunately they supplied softer toys so Hawkeye didn’t have to chew the dynamic revetment rocks.

 Flesh and blood Marcy’s enthralled with history and particularly old photographic methods. Check out junkstorecameras.com to see how she turns box cameras, like the one Metal Marcy holds, into embellished treasures. Just one facet of her fascination with the evolution of camera technology. From pinhole cameras to the project using these photos you are taking to model coastal changes; all part of Marcy’s camera explorations.  She started with a 126 cartridge camera. Lately she has embarked on a mission to find the story and photograph a family mystery with the 1950’s state of the art spy camera she inherited from her vanishing, skin diving uncle.

 Then there’s the countless old photos Marcy has restored for families in our community. And the mudlarking for cast off treasures. And capturing images of people in formal wear in inappropriate situations, exploring “how we look at what you wear when going somewhere.” Fun, curiosity, and warmth – all part of Marcy and her photography.