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Old Baldy lighthouse on Baldhead Island, NC, was completed in 1817 for a cost of $16,000. At the confluence of the Cape Fear River and Atlantic Ocean, it was the first lighthouse in North Carolina. The octagonal building is made of brick and plaster.

Sandra Anderson I am blessed to live in the South Carolina Low Country where the abundance of nature, landscapes, seascapes, architecture and historic sites produce a never ending supply of subjects and inspiration. I have a special passion for photographing the vanishing culture of the area such as tobacco barns, old houses and examples of by gone days. For centuries this was agricultural, first with indigo, then rice and finally tobacco. Now with the growing population, much of the past is disappearing under strip malls, housing developments or just falling down, so the need to preserve these treasures in photographs is great. I also enjoy nature, landscape, architectural and travel photography. I am an award winning self...