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Christine Back Captures Moments of Shore Mystery

Christine Back’s photos are intentionally ambiguous. Her portfolio of Jersey Shore photos spans decades.

By Collin Hall

Christine Back grew up here on the Cape and tries to capture moments of mystery that she relished as a child. Look at one of her shore photos, and a million questions bubble up. Are those boys, captured in medium format in the 1990s on the Wildwoods boardwalk, friends, lovers, or rivals? Who is that woman wearing a superhero cape in the middle of a rainstorm, and why is she headed into traffic in the middle of Cape May’s busiest street?

Christine spent many lazy days wandering around the Cape looking for something to do. There’s a stereotype, anchored in truth, that local kids get into trouble during the off-season. For Christine, that meant wandering the streets like a ghost, looking for things to photograph.

Collin Hall

Assignment Editor & Reporter

chall@cmcherald.com

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Collin Hall grew up in Wildwood Crest and is both a reporter and the editor of Do The Shore. Collin currently lives in Villas.

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