Sealskin

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First edition, second printing of Sealskin by Jeff Dworsky. Medium format hardback in new condition. About This second printing of Dworsky’s popular debut photobook Sealskin brings back into print his chronicle of family life and the fishing community of a small Maine village during the 1970s and 1980s. Using Kodachrome film, Dworsky documented daily life, work on the water, and intimate moments at home, capturing a close-knit coastal world that no longer exists. The title refers to a Celtic folktale about a fisherman who falls in love with a selkie—a seal that can take human form—only to ultimately lose her back to the sea, a quiet echo of the book’s themes of memory, loss, and change. Show more