Past Exhibit:
Working Waterfront: A Photographic Essay
Ming C. Lowe was commissioned by the Port of San Diego in 2006 to create a series of photographs capturing the essence of San Diego Bay's working waterfront idustry. Her carefully composed images reach back to a modernist aesthetic that embraces the simplicity of engineering products and iconic images produced by industrial environments. Her work is displayed as a tribute to the importance and impact of the Port of San Diego.
The Port of San Diego is a public benefit corporation and special government entity. Created in 1963 by an act of the California legislature, the Port manages San Diego harbor and administers the public lands along San Diego Bay. The Port has operated without tax dollars since 1970 and has been responsible for $1.5 billion in public improvements in its five member cities--Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City and San Diego. With an $8.4 billion economic impact on the San Diego region, the Port oversees two marine terminals, a cruise ship terminal, 16 public parks, various wildlife reserves and environmental initiatives, a Harbor Police Department and the leases of over 600 tenant businesses around San Diego Bay.
Our exhibit also displays Maritime items of the past, which were generously loaned to us by the Maritime Museum of San Diego. These items offer insight into the waterfront of old.
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