Anacortes Senior College

The Photographers of Anacortes exhibit is a gateway to over 86,000 images in the Anacortes Museum’s online catalog: As the focus of this 3-session course at the Anacortes Senior College, the timeline of Fidalgo and Guemes islands will be explored and explained through the lens of picture-taking here.

The class will learn about the biographies of the photographers – like Wallie Funk, Ferd Brady and more – who documented our town. “If you haven’t visited Anacortes.catalogaccess.com before or recently, there’s so much to discover. People are finding photos they’ve never seen before of family members, and pictures of historic events they’ve only heard about,” states Bret Lunsford, director of the Anacortes Museum. View the Photographers of Anacortes: https://anacortes.catalogaccess.com/exhibits/28

Instructors: Adam Farnsworth and Bret Lunsford

Adam Farnsworth was three months old when his family moved to Anacortes, Washington. He attended Walla Walla University and graduated in 2007 with a degree in New Media Imaging. For the last fifteen years he has worked as a web/graphic designer, studio owner, and for a short stint as the Assistant Brewer at the Anacortes Brewery. In his spare time, Adam is an avid film enthusiast, a podcaster, and musician. He’s currently the Education and Media Curator at the Anacortes Museum.

Bret Lunsford has participated in independent music, art and book production for decades based in his hometown of Anacortes, Washington. He is also a writer of history, author of “Sounding for Harry Smith” and “Croatian Fishing Families of Anacortes” and editor of “Lance Burdon: A Photographic Journey” and “Pictures of the Past: Celebrating 125 Years of Anacortes History.” He graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1988. He is currently the director of the Anacortes Museum.