What the tide keeps

What the tide keeps. 2019.

From above, the Ocean Grove shoreline becomes a slow gradient from pale sand to luminous turquoise, a soft band of rocks and weed marking the restless border where water is always editing the land. The footprints near the top of the frame sit close to the wash line, hinting at stories already half erased, while the submerged reef draws painterly shapes under the surface, like memories that refuse to completely disappear. The picture holds that quiet pause between wave sets, when the beach feels like it is breathing in before it decides what to keep and what to pull back into the sea.

8.8 mm • f/3.5 • 1/400 sec, ISO 100