C E Morse was born in Camden, Maine.

He graduated Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Photography after studying with Aaron Siskind and Paul Krot. Further studies included workshops with Paul Caponigro, Arnold Gassen, and John Loengard at the Maine Photographic Workshops as well as Printing courses at the Maine College of Art.

C E lives in Cumberland Center, Maine and travels widely photographing abstract details of a vast variety of found objects.

I have loved vintage cars since I can remember. At age 15, as soon as I had my driver's license, I bought my first car: a black 1936 Pontiac four door sedan. A year later I bought a black & tan 1929 Essex two door sedan and more were to follow .....

I didn't pick up a camera until I was in college at Rhode Island School of Design; I remembered all the incredible images that I used to see in vintage auto boneyards while trying to find parts for my '36 Pontiac and my '29 Essex as well as various other classic cars including a '54 Nash and a '41 Packard. I started to bring my camera to the boneyards instead of my wrenches and shot abstract details of dented car fenders, old safety glass, rusty doors, and old chrome.

Exploring vintage auto boneyards I discovered incredible visual compositions with textures and colors that inspired me in same way as did some of the best abstract art; It changed the way I viewed the world. I found the extraordinary in the ordinary and started to capture this wild art.