The far pier

The far pier. 2018.

A single pier reaches out into a sea that has lost all texture, turned smooth by the long exposure until it feels more like mist than water. The shelter at the end glows quietly, a tiny pocket of human light set against a large field of blue and violet. Above, faint stars and soft bands of cloud slide across the sky, echoing the gentle gradation in the water below. This photograph lives on that thin edge between night and day, using distance and empty space to stretch out a feeling of quiet anticipation, like the last calm breath before a journey begins.

24 mm • f/5.6 • 3 sec, ISO 50