Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake
Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 2017
Robert de Gast was a photographer well-known for his images that capture the stories of the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore, as well as his previously published books that include The Oystermen of the Chesapeake from 1970. Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake is a hardcover catalog of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s exhibit that displayed 80 curated photographs from Robert’s nearly 10,000-image collection, with essays written by the exhibit curator and friends familiar with his work. We designed the book to let the images speak for themselves by giving them lots of white space and creating interesting pairings. Printed as a duo-tone with warm gray and rich black inks, the book replicates the photographic details. Finishing touches include a cloth cover with a tip-on image placed by hand and white foil letters.
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Book Design
Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake is a hardcover catalog of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s exhibit that displayed 80 curated photographs from Robert’s nearly 10,000-image collection.
“Robert de Gast’s haunting black-and-white photographs of watermen, lighthouses and rivers cemented his reputation as one of the premier chroniclers of Tidewater Maryland.”
THE BALTIMORE SUN
Staying true to the original photographs, we designed the book to let the images speak for themselves by giving them lots of white space and creating interesting pairings.
“The exhibition catalog looks fantastic, and everyone at the museum has been giving it rave reviews. We appreciate all of your efforts and attention to detail to make it so. We are very, very proud of it, and I think you should be, too.”
PETE LESHER
Chief Curator, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Awards & Recognition
Printing and Graphics Association Mid-Atlantic, Excellence in Print, Best of Category, 2018
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