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Yacht Racing Photos


Star Class Racing


110s at the Start


A Little
Racing Action


110 Class Racing at
Marblehead Race Week


Yawl Nirvana
at Newport


Star Class Competition


Solo Flight


Start of the
1989 Halifax Race

Classic Yachts


Stays'l Schooner Ashanti
of Hamilton, Bermuda


Round-the-World Racer
The Swedish Entry


J-Boats Racing
off Marblehead Neck


J-Boat
Endeavour

Tall Ships


Spanish Schooner Juan
Sebastian de Elcano
Visiting Boston


Argentine Sail Training
Ship Libertad
at Portsmouth, N.H.


Japanese 4-Mast
Barque Kaiwo Maru
Visiting Seattle


Hawaiian Chieftain
& Lady Washington:
Mock Naval Battle


Elcano & Providence
at Boston
Mains'l Furled on
Sloop Providence


Continental Sloop
Providence
at Newport


Afterglow at Nubble
Light - York, Maine


Larry Neilson is one of America's premier photographers of sailboats and marine subjects, including yacht racing, historical tall ships, seascapes, lighthouses, industrial views of port facilities, and stirring shots of present-day merchant and naval shipping. An avid sailor himself, he is descended from the Mayflower Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden, and numbers 19th-century New England whalemen among his ancestors. Neilson's inborn affinity for salt water and old boats comes through in his carefully composed and technically flawless marine photographs. His intuitive timing is also in evidence in his action shots of sailboat racing.

Neilson's love of nautical history has found expression in the production of the Web's leading resource on the history of the battleship, a picture history available at Big, Bad Battleships (dot) Com. In it you'll find essays on the armored fleets of the U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and more; detailed information on naval warfare from 1860 to 1918, on weapons, technology, and life at sea in the age of coal smoke and 12-inch guns. This lavishly illustrated study contains hardly any photos by Larry Neilson, but hundreds that were shot long before he was born, carefully restored and Photoshopped to bring the viewer an immediate, easy-to-grasp experience of maritime history.

Click on the blue type for a display of Larry Neilson's jazz photographs, historical photos of Americana, scenic and travel photographs, or his unique and compelling portraits. Click here to access his City of Art photo essay on Seattle street art and counterculture events. To return to Larry's photographic home page, click here. Below: Silhouette of barquentine Regina Maris; Rubylith & Rapidograph by Larry Neilson.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All pictures shown in this website are copyright © 1996, 2008 by Larry S. Neilson. Reproduction, sale, or use of any images shown herein without prior written permission of the artist is expressly prohibited. To negotiate terms for picture usage, call (206) 579-4243 or e-mail at larryneilson@yahoo.com.