Many folks treasure water and all it offers. I live on an island off North Carolina, part of the Outer Banks, and water actually governs our lives. Ocean tides determine much of what we can...

To me, abundance is often reflected in variety and, oh, the variety of people who come to this island from all over the world!

Ann Ehringhaus moved to Ocracoke Island in 1971 to teach in the one room schoolhouse. She left to study photography and returned to work on her first  book, Ocracoke Portrait, 1988 John F....