VIEW FROM THE BEACH MARTIN HEATHCOTE LRPS
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ike many photographers what and how I shoot changes as does how I process and present them. For some time, I have enjoyed taking silhouette images and converting to mono. Over time the content of those images has decreased, and my approach has become increasingly minimalist evolving into a style with almost pure black and white and little or no texture or midtones. This became a specific project, which is continuing and evolving, of images captured from my local beach, Mersea Island, which is 5 minutes’ walk from my house with many taken during the daily, early morning dog walk. Apart from aiming to create very graphical images I also wanted to try and convey the expansiveness of the sea contrasting the relatively small size of both people and the objects created by people. When we entered lockdown, my walk became my allowed exercise and I shared the beach with others wanting to get outdoors. Thus, some of the images show people temporarily escaping lockdown on the beach or being on the water in some way. So, what do you do with such a project other than perhaps use some of the more standalone images in club competitions or exhibitions? The risk is that most just remain as an unseen collection of 1s and 0s. 14
CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 83 SEPTEMBER 2020
