Ben Kearns, Coastal Magic (LANDSCAPE 2024)

I love the sense of drama as waves moves over rocks in coastal areas. I've tried to capture that drama, with varying kinds of beautiful light, in different scenes captured over the last year in the Yamba, NSW, area. I grew up around here, and feel a deep sense of wonder at the way that places I've visited hundreds of times can be different depending on the cloud cover, the time of day, the tide level, the swell size, and a myriad other tiny factors. This coast is magic to me, and I wanted to share that in my work.

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