PROVINCETOWN — The reds and greens of flags and scarves and the percussive sounds of drums and ratchets that accompanied the Provincetown Portuguese Festival all weekend brightened a foggy, windy Sunday for the procession and the Blessing of the Fleet. This year was the 77th celebration of the blessing and the 28th festival. Photographers Elizabeth G. Brooke and Agata Storer were there and each offers her own point of view on the celebration. Here, Brooke captures the festival’s colors on Commercial Street and Lopes Square.
(Storer’s photographs were mostly made on the water, where she follows a gaggle of young people fishing, waiting for the blessing, then leaping into the water. Her photo essay is posted here.)
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