I've just had back a number of rolls of film I shot recently for this ongoing project and updated the front of the website so I wanted to post a couple of the images here.
I've been busy shooting other work at the moment but will get to make some more images in the bay hopefully before the nights remain too light to get anything productive.
Anyway, heres the info from the site and a couple of images further down. I'll post more as soon as I process - or remove the dust specks from the scans....
On Morecambe Bay
On the night of the 5th of February 2004, 23 Chinese immigrant cockle pickers drowned in Morecambe Bay after being cut off by the tides.
This ongoing series of images aims to contemplate the sense of mystery & tranquility of the bay and offer a respect to those that died during that night.
These photographs were taken in almost complete darkness with exposure times of around 10 to 20 minutes revealing an otherworldly light from the night sky.
The images resonate from elongated exposures framed by lengthy countdowns, the shutter clicks punctuating the isolation.
Even though the wind rifles across the bay, there is a stillness, a static created by the waves gaining ground either at one edge or far way at another, and it is this broken calm that is at the core of these photographs.
This project will be completed during 2012.
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