Proud but abandoned

"Abandoned (Truro, Mass.)'' (archival pigment print), by Eleanor Steinadler, in her show "Off the Beaten Path: New Photographs by Eleanor Steinadler,'' at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Oct. 4-29. The gallery says:

"This exhibition will counterpose two new series of Eleanor Steinadler's photographs from 2016-17 -- the "Abandoned Construction'' series from Truro,  on Cape Cod, and the 'Edge of the Sea' series shot on the Matador Island, in the Florida Keys. 

"The poignancy and the humor often coexist in the Abandoned series photographs. A long-abandoned ship out of the water, sits in the middle of nowhere. In the clarity of full unforgiving sun it casts a strong stark shadow. A battered hull still preserves some of its proud bearing, as well as the remnant of a carefully chosen two color paint job''