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Signatures

  

Each wave washing ashore has a very distinct signature on the sand and rocks. No two waves are alike in the mark they leave, for the fleeting few seconds on land. Like fingerprints, they are best delineated when contrast is high. With this in mind, I exposed for the white foam and processed the images to eliminate any extraneous information. What I found left was, to me, the very signature of the wave on land.

Signatures #001

   Signatures #001         16"x20" matted        

Signatures #012

   Signatures #012        16"x20" matted      

Signatures #018

   Signatures #018        16"x20" matted    

Signatures #021

   Signatures #021        16"x20" matted      

Signatures #023

   Signatures #023        16"x20" matted   

Signatures #029

   Signatures #029        16"x20" matted     

Signatures #031

   Signatures #031        16"x20" matted    

Signatures #035

   Signatures #035        16"x20" matted      

Signatures #038

   Signatures #038       16"x20" matted      

Signatures #039

   Signatures #039        16"x20" matted     

Signatures #045

   Signatures #045        16"x20" matted     

Signatures #052

   Signatures #052        16"x20" matted   

Signatures #056

   Signatures #056        16"x20" matted     

Signatures #060

   Signatures #060        16"x20" matted       

Signatures #062

  Signatures #062        16"x20" matted        

Signatures #064

   Signatures #064        16"x20" matted        

All photographs in this portfolio were taken on Trinidad Beach in Humboldt County, on the northern California coast.