Perpetual Motion – The Changing Faces Of The Sea

By: Madeleine Lenagh
The sea has always played an important part in my life. And so, when I moved to a house very near to the beach three years ago, it wasn’t a surprise to find myself out there with my camera at all hours. 
I’m a firm believer in photography projects. By returning to the same place, to the same theme, again and again, I find that I see more, and that my photos gain depth. The Dutch seacoast, with its flat sandy beaches and moderate waves, may hold little interest to some landscape photographers accustomed to wilder shores. For me, they’re an endless source of fascination. The interplay between wind, tides, waves, sand, and sky creates an entire symphony of everchanging moods. I myself am a person of swiftly changing moods, and I recognized myself in this landscape.

A photography book tells a story through images. My book tells the story of the changing moods of the sea, that mirror my own inner landscape. This played a role in both the making of the photograph...