2023 Annual Lighthouse Gala

As you enjoy dessert, our special guest Peter Ralston will wow you with “Reflections on the Coast and Islands”…an overview of 45 years of intimate exploration and activity along Maine’s grand coast and archipelago, with many lighthouse images and anecdotes along the way.

Peter Ralston grew up in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, worked for a decade as a freelance photojournalist and then began photographing the coast of Maine in 1978, drawn especially to the working communities that define the coast’s enduring character. His work has been seen in many books and magazines, featured on network television and has been exhibited in galleries, collections and museums throughout the United States and abroad. In 2003 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at Colby College for his photography as well as his role as co-founder of the Island Institute in which capacity he conceived the Maine Lights Program. He and his wife, Terri, opened Ralston Gallery in Rockport, Maine, in 2011, selling his photographs as well as the work of his lifelong friends, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. Peter is currently working on a major book about his favorite place in the world, the coast of Maine.