{"product_id":"going-deep","title":"Going Deep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Settle in and listen. It’ll be worth it.”—Heather Cox Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA master storyteller’s intimate visual portrait of Maine, on land and sea—opening the door to a world few outsiders ever see.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo a casual visitor, the coast of Maine is paradise—a place of summer respite and “vacationland” ease. But to Peter Ralston, it is a world of powerful beauty, unique character, and tightly woven communities that survive against long odds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor over forty-five years, acclaimed photographer Peter Ralston has documented the working coast of Maine with a “clear-eyed outsider” perspective that has earned him the hard-won trust of its most working coastal and island communities. Ralston doesn’t just photograph; here he learned to “go deep”—to look beneath the surface and to capture the emotional truth of this, his most celebrated subject to which he was introduced by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth in 1978.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ralston presents a stunning curated collection of his work, weaving together iconic images with the revealing stories behind them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom hauling sheep in an open dory between islands, to the quiet resilience of winter harbors, Ralston’s eye captures the liminal spaces between land and sea, hope and survival, outsider and insider.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is far more than “just” a photography book; it transcends mere regionalism as a visual memoir of a life spent in a world of working waterfronts, the \"lifeboat ethics\" of small, working villages, and the enduring spirit of a place that offers profound lessons of community and caring, lessons that seem particularly stirring and applicable today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eGoing Deep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The world’s great storytellers are both outsiders and insiders, their craft an entry into closed villages and the tales they discover a gift they carry to the rest of us. This book is one of Peter’s stories, full of tales about communities, family, love, art, and life. Settle in and listen. It’ll be worth it.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Cox Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, from the foreword to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Godine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43036761981046,"sku":"978-1-56792-881-5","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/6087\/7686\/files\/GoingDeep_Cover.jpg?v=1775154856","url":"https:\/\/godine.com\/products\/going-deep","provider":"Godine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}