2027 wall calendar · signed edition of 150
Chesapeake Year 2027
From the Bay to the Barrier Islands
$35 · signed and numbered by hand
Twelve photographs from six years on the Chesapeake Bay and its barrier islands. There are 150, and there will be no reprint.
The story
A year of the Chesapeake
I grew up on this water, and I have spent most of my life photographing it: from a kayak, from a boat, from under the surface, and lately from the air. The pictures in this calendar were made over six years, on the Bay itself and along the seaside marshes and barrier islands that share its weather and its birds.
Two pages come from the Carolina sounds, where the Bay's swans spend part of the winter. The place and date of every photograph are printed under it.
— Bill Mish, Annapolis
The twelve months
What hangs on your wall in 2027
January
A tundra swan stretching at first light
February
The Bay Bridge in the February 2026 freeze
March
Harbor seals hauled out on the barrier islands
April
A black-necked stilt in the seaside marsh
May
A diamondback terrapin, Maryland's state reptile, on an oyster bar
June
A classic launch crossing gold water at St. Michaels
July
An osprey coming up with a fish beside a pound net
August
Wachapreague harbor at blue hour
September
An American oystercatcher on the shell bar
October
A marsh hunting shack in October light
November
An Assateague pony at last light
December
A tundra swan in fog over the phragmites
The calendar
Made to hang for a year
- 11 x 8.5 in closed; hangs open at 11 x 17 in
- 26 pages: cover, 12 full-page photographs, 12 month grids, back cover
- 100 lb matte text paper; 100 lb matte cover with a soft-touch finish
- Black wire-o binding with a drilled hanging hole
- US holidays, moon phases and the months before and after on every grid
- The place and date of each photograph printed under it
- All twelve photographs and 2027 at a glance on the back cover
- Signed and numbered by hand, edition of 150 · printed in the USA
Where to buy
Online, or in Annapolis
Online
Etsy
$35 with free shipping in the US. Ships flat in a rigid mailer within one business day.
Want it inscribed? Add a name in the personalization box and I'll write it above my signature. For delivery by Christmas, order by December 17.
In person
Local by Design, Annapolis Mall
Pick one up for $35 at 1750 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis, Maryland.
Buying several as client or team gifts? Get in touch.
Every photograph in this calendar is also available as an archival print, 5x7 to 40x60.
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