Pillars in the tide

Pillars in the tide. 2020.

The pier holds itself together with strict geometry while everything around it turns to blur. Thirty seconds smooth the sea into a sheet of pale smoke, erasing individual waves and leaving only a suggestion of movement at the base of the rust stained pillars. Streetlights and railings run in a straight, almost indifferent line toward the edge of the frame, a human structure pretending to be permanent while the water slowly works at its feet. This picture sits in that calm tension between stillness and erosion, using the soft sky and muffled sea to make the pier feel both solid and strangely fragile at the same time.

150 mm • f/18 • 30 sec, ISO 64