Shawn Goldberg recently wrote an article for the Barrier Islands Gazette regarding the upcoming (Fall 2009) renourishment project scheduled for Upham Beach and Treasure Island. The article is titled More Sand to Bury the Problem.
Mr. Goldberg called me and asked for the use of one of my photos of the erosion on Upham Beach. I have quite a large collection of beach photos, and since I live 10 minutes from Upham Beach, it’s only natural that I have lots of photos of that location. I was happy to let the Gazette use my photos.
Whenever a nonprofit, educational, or news organization wants to use my photo(s) for educational purposes, I am generally happy to cooperate. Mr. Goldberg and the Gazette editors were particularly respectful and pleasant to deal with and actually included an accurate photo credit that was in legible font size. So many newspapers and magazines make the photo credits so small that they are nearly invisible.
The photo they used (pictured above) is looking north toward Blind Pass and the condominiums that feel the threat of erosion most severely. Note the steep scarp (cliff) that is the result of rapid erosion. It is about three-and-a-half feet high.
