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2007 Head of the Charles

Only the sport of boxing claims an older Championship of the World than sculling.

Great Arizona Bicycle Ride

Route 66, the National Old Trails Highway. John Steinbeck called it the Mother Road.

US Masters National 2007

The first boat race was the result of a challenge issued to Oxford by Cambridge in 1829.

New Hampshire Regatta

By the turn of the century prize money had become so great that some scullers made up to nearly £5,000 a year in prizes and side bets, and £2,000 for a race.

Head of The Charles 2006

Photographs and Art 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Head" races are a class of regattas generally three miles in length where the boats race against themselves and the clock.

2006 FISA World Masters

In sweep rowing, two, four, or eight crewmembers sit facing the stern of the boat, each rower pulling one oar.

Manly Beach Australia

In September 1902 at Manly Beach, William Gocher openly defied the law and entered the water at midday.

Passion Procession Cholula

In a broad, high valley about 60 miles southeast of Mexico City is a city known by many names over the years: City of Angels, City of Tiles, Heroic City of Zaragoza. Today we know it as simply Puebla.

Digital Floral Woodcuts

The process I employ in the computer darkroom does not involve heavy plates, long exposure times, nor toxic chemicals. However, as with the early pioneers, the final image is a function of light, tone and composition.

What is a Daguerreotype?

The process revolutionized photography...photographs became a mirror of the individual spirit.

US Masters Rowing 2005

Jack Egan Photographer

Photographs and Art from 2005 US Masters Rowing Worcester, Massachusetts

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Tom Egan Photographer

Boston Marathon 2005

Completing a marathon is considered very difficult, but many coaches believe that it is possible for anyone who is willing to put in the time and effort.

Saguaro Desert Mexico

Teotitlán's rug makers use wool which, after being shorn from the sheep, washed, carded and spun, is dyed with natural colors from animal, vegetable and mineral sources.

Bungy Jumping & Maori Tapu

They demanded payment, which nearly always took the form of disaster...

Digital Collage

The American Heritage Dictionary defines collage as: "An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and colors.

Variations of a Theme

I have been preparing some images for a contest. The theme is "black & white of black and white....

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Rowing and Sculling Art

A Long Way To Go

The relative obscurity of rowing has helped it develop an introspective atmosphere, where long hours, early mornings on the river, and the physical pain of the event are the price of being a part of the rowing community. The intense focus of top rowers on their sport is unusual even by the standard of similarly excellent competitors in other sports. It takes a lot of passion to row three miles up a river.

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Rowing Graffiti

The more traditional event spectators have their spots along the banks of the Charles, on docks and on the car bridges crossing from Cambridge. From almost any spot you hear the banter of the coxes, the cutting of the water by oars, or the slapping of the water when some of the boats made their way to the starting line.

Sculling Gridlock

There are two forms of rowing:

In sweep-oar rowing, each rower has only one oar and holds it with both hands. In sweep boats each rower is either port (strokeside in the UK) or starboard (bowside in the UK) which refers to whether his oar extends to the port or starboard side of the boat.
In sculling, each rower has two oars (one in each hand), and because of this symmetry the rowers are not referred to as "port" or "starboard."

Winter Training Rewarded

Professional sculling was the biggest sport in Australia for most of the 60 years prior to World War I, particularly up to about 1907. Due to the need for water transport and hence professional watermen, the sport was centred in Sydney and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. Rowing in general was also of great interest as it was reported that the Victorian Football League always made sure that football matches were not played on the same days as regattas because the regattas would always draw the crowds.

Closing In

At one time sculling or wager racing was perhaps the greatest spectator sport in London. Many tens of thousands of spectators attended each race, and betting was widespread. By the turn of the century prize money had become so great that some scullers made up to nearly £5,000 a year in prizes and side bets, and £2,000 for a race. One hundred years later this is still a princely sum for a rower.

Speed Demon

The first boat race was the result of a challenge issued to Oxford by Cambridge in 1829. The first Oxford Cambridge boat race was rowed on the Thames at Henley. Oxford wore dark blue jerseys, later to become the Oxford blue, whilst Cambridge donned pink sashes. Oxford were the first winners. The race is the most famous of the Varsity Matches and one of the most popular televised sporting events in Great Britain, with an estimated global television audience of 400 million. Around a quarter of a million people are estimated to watch the race from the riverbank.

Singles are boats about 26 feet long, 11 inches wide and weighing some 30 pounds. They are propelled by one person with two oars.

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