Slowlight Archive

Coast, Late Autumn

2016–201811 photographs

Three Novembers on the same stretch of coast, and a few others like it. I went when the holiday houses were shut and the cafés had chairs stacked on the tables. Most of these were made in the first hour of light, or the last, because the middle of the day in late autumn is mostly just grey.

Shot on a Mamiya 7 and an old Pentax, a handful of digital frames where the film ran out.

Tide coming in over the barnacle line. A long exposure, and the only frame on that roll that worked.
01 Tide coming in over the barnacle line. A long exposure, and the only frame on that roll that worked.
Shingle beach, with the first snow on the far side of the water.
02 Shingle beach, with the first snow on the far side of the water.
Driftwood, and two strangers who stayed longer than I did.
03 Driftwood, and two strangers who stayed longer than I did.
Two hulls hauled up for the winter, still smelling of fresh paint.
04 Two hulls hauled up for the winter, still smelling of fresh paint.
The small light on the point, seen from the ferry rail.
05 The small light on the point, seen from the ferry rail.
Weather arriving from the west. Twenty minutes later the beach was empty.
06 Weather arriving from the west. Twenty minutes later the beach was empty.
Dinghies stacked behind the sailing club after the last race of the year.
07 Dinghies stacked behind the sailing club after the last race of the year.
One walker, low tide.
08 One walker, low tide.
The sea wall path just after sunset, before the lamps came on.
09 The sea wall path just after sunset, before the lamps came on.
Grey water, no horizon.
10 Grey water, no horizon.
Black sand and the two stacks. I went back three mornings running for this light.
11 Black sand and the two stacks. I went back three mornings running for this light.