This is a collection of seascapes from many places – around where I live, Canterbury UK and from around the world. I like the changes in the sea and beaches in different seasons, the changing quality of light and changes during the day. The reflections of cloud and light are fragile and the beach is never the same on different visits. Sometimes they are busy but often desolate. I like to use the light to create different moods and evoke the idea of the beach as a frontier, a point of transition, a place of pleasure but also of threat and decay. These are s mixture of black and white anbd colour images – in some cases the colour was the main attraction of the image.
Man walks across mud flats at low tide. Seasaler, Kent
Seasalter, Kent. Birds on remains of groynes
Striking blue. Unusual for Seasalter. Groynes leading out to sea
Deal, Kent. Pier and clouds
Seasalter. Groynes, reflections in blue water.
Porto, Portugal. Mist coming in. But people still ‘sunbathing’
Porto, Portugal. Beach in rough seas
Seasalter. Dog with a ball
Dungeness, Kent. Crab on the pebbles. Selective desaturation
Whitstable. Long exposure. Clouds over the sea
Seasalter. Clouds over mud flats at low tide
Deal, Kent. Bike by the pier
Boat, Dungeness. Selective desaturation and increasing hue
Dungeness. Walkway to the sea
Reflections of clouds on the water. Seasalter
Margate, Kent. Boy looks out to sea
Margate. Beach, building and clouds
Margate. Mist on the beach. Dog walkers.
The Dead Sea. Bathers in the salt water
Sunset Rethymno, Crete