Rachael Edwards, Beyond the Rocks (B&W 2023)

I'm not a surfer myself but me and my kids absolutely love watching them. We sit perched on the rocks watching them tread water patiently waiting for their next wave, they catch and ride it, sun on their skin, hand in the water, they're on a high. It's over sometimes in less than 5 seconds. They then turn around and swim right back out where you can see them waiting patiently for that next great 5 second wave. It's a waiting game but definitely worth the wait. In the 2nd picture there's a young girl who's being taught by two women who are presumably close to her, such an incredible moment to capture. Then in the last picture, the sun has gone down, the surfers have jumped out of the water and it's just the rocks, sea and towering city in the background left until the morning comes and the sea is met once again with keen and patient surfers waiting for that couple of seconds high.

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