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The schooner Lettie G. Howard cruises up the Thames River under full sail in New London, Connecticut during the 2016 Maritime Heritage Festival.

I have spent much of my adult life building ballistic missile submarines and working in a maximum security prison. Adhering to strict protocols and procedures, there was little room for self-expression or creativity. As a result, these somber careers left me yearning for a sense of inner-peace and security. Perhaps as a simple means of survival, I began to seek out the beauty within my everyday surroundings. A simple drive into town soon became a distraction-filled adventure. I began to take notice of the overlooked and the small. This sense of adventure quickly turned into a passion. I found myself thinking, “If only I had a picture of that...” It was at that moment my photographic odyssey began. After several years of trial and error, I...