Montage ~ Eve of Destruction, 55 Commercial Street Flashback…Birdseye Building.
This photo montage came about when I was photographing the destruction of the Birdseye Building.
To me it was very sad and I was not happy with what was replacing this historical landmark.
I started to edit my shoot and all I could think of were the ghosts of the past who spent time working there, and I became upset on its eve of destruction.
I added a real photo of Clarence Birdseye, workers looking out windows, hands trying to stop the demolition, seagulls who hung out there to feed on discarded cod…. and tried to make it look like ghosts of the past.
Louise Welch
Gloucester photographer
Enduring Gloucester 
Wow, Louise, you sure did capture the feeling! Thank you so much for creating this powerful piece of art!
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The Gloucester Ghost Dance is well under way. Louise is revealing its energy, its immanence.
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I met Louise Welsh when we both had studios in the late 70s on West Wharf on Rocky Neck …and what a time it was! Her photos of the area and people of a time long past are true works of art. She continues today in 2022 with her interest in the music scene with her terrific photos of the various artists.
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