GLOUCESTER – A look at the people and places shaped by Virginia’s working waters arrives in Gloucester this March.
Consociate Media will present Working Waterfronts, a photography exhibition by the firm’s award-winning photojournalist Rob Ostermaier, at York & Main, an art gallery and vintage shop along Gloucester’s Main Street.
The exhibition opens with a public reception Sunday, March 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. and runs through March 29.
A portion of proceeds from exhibition sales will benefit Hold Fast, a Gloucester-based nonprofit organization that brings veterans onto the water to crab and oyster as a therapeutic approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
In Working Waterfronts, Ostermaier captures the many ways people live with and depend on the water. The photographs are part of a broader storytelling initiative led by Consociate Media to document and elevate the voices of people who live, work and persevere along Virginia’s rural coastline.
Through intentional visual journalism and community-based storytelling, the Consociate Media team seeks to preserve the authenticity of working waterfronts while highlighting the resilience, heritage and evolving realities of coastal life.
