Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Lens Series
Oregon Coast Fine Art Photography
About
Ten Years of Wanting This Shot. Two Photographers in 180 Years.
I wanted this shot for ten years.
I first saw it hanging in a local restaurant — a photograph by the late Sandy Blackman, who had somehow gotten inside Yaquina Head Lighthouse with the Fresnel lens. That's not a tour you can book. It's a special permission that, to my knowledge, has been granted exactly twice in the lighthouse's 180-plus year history. Sandy got it. Eventually, I got it too.
I wanted to do something different than Sandy's version. I wanted a sunset in the background — to show that the lens is still alive, still operating, still sending light out over the Pacific the same way it has since the 1870s.
Inside, there's about two feet of working space. You cannot touch anything. You are very high up, with old single-pane glass between you and the ground below. The clock runs to sunset, and then access is gone. I worked fast.
Every year roughly 400,000 people come to Yaquina Head and photograph this lighthouse from the outside. Almost none of them have seen this angle. This is the lens that has guided ships for over 180 years — and this photograph is one of only two ever made from inside the lantern room.
Every print is made to order on archival-grade media — the same materials used in fine art and museum printing. Printed, inspected, and shipped by Jeremy Burke personally.
Built to Order
Every print in this collection is individually produced after your order is placed — never mass-manufactured or pulled from inventory. That means your piece is made specifically for you, using the materials and format you select.
Production takes 2–3 weeks from the time of order. Each print is personally inspected by Jeremy before it ships.
