Sea People

“What wonder, then, that these Nantucketers, born on a beach, should take to the sea for a livelihood! They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the sea, explored this watery world; put an incessant belt of circumnavigations round it. And thus have these naked Nantucketers, these sea hermits, issuing from their ant-hill in the sea, overrun and conquered the watery world… — Herman Melville

Nautical roots run deep thirty miles out to sea. Sea People is a body of work Dan has created, spanning over a decade and a half with a camera in hand, that portrays local life on island. Authentic Nantucket, the finest kind.