What compels the obsessive creative?

Months ago I stumbled into what is probably the biggest and yet little-known online photo archives. It’s comprised of some 70,000 photos, mostly from the second half of the 20th century, with scenes from all over the world and all sorts of people. And it was all shot by one man.

I came across the Nick DeWolf photo archive when I was searching for an image of General Patton’s schooner the When & If to use in this post here. The image I found in the archive was perfect. It was taken back when the boat was white, which is how I remember it from my youth, and it featured the When & If returning to harbor, which seemed a perfect way to illustrate the story of its restoration.