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Limpets at Aberfelin. Rocks with yellow iron staining and pink algae.
£85.00
Limpets at Aberfelin
January 2023 – a raw and slightly damp winter’s afternoon. So lovely to find this colourful pink and yellow algae-covered rock with its little family of limpets, some battered almost smooth by the relentless ebb and flow of the tide. Limpets living on bare rock can live up to twenty years and begin their lives as male, often changing sex at maturity. They make a permanent home spot, to which they return after grazing on the surrounding rocks. I later returned to this same rock to find that the scene had completely changed. The shape of the limpet community was still very recognisable, but the beautifully coloured rock was now bare.
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| Print Size | 30cm x 40cm |
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Maggie Studholme
In another life, I was parent to three growing sons, taught environmental sociology to undergraduate students and worried about the fate of the planet. I began taking photos as an escape and relaxation around 2009 and have been doing it ever since. With cataracts in both eyes as a result of an autoimmune disease, I could see the world more clearly through the lens. Now, with children grown into adults and cataracts removed, I have kept the habit of seeing the world around me through a viewfinder.
In this life, I live in Pembrokeshire and take photos all year round, indulging my love of beaches and their inhabitants whenever I have time. Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons and many of my photos are of the mini-landscapes populated by the flora and fauna of the intertidal zone. My anxiety about the fate of the planet has been tempered (if only a little) by observing the capacity of coastal plants and animals to survive and flourish in this harshest of environments. I believe that nature is resilient and if given a chance would eventually recover from the depredations of human culture.
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