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Abstract shot of multi-coloured rocks on Whitesands beach.
Rocks at Whitesands No.4
When I first came to live in St David’s, I spent many idle hours in winter wandering among the rocks on Whitesands beach, exploring their photographic possibilities. I learned how quickly they can change – as well as the challenges they pose for the photographer trying to relocate the site of a particular (often failed) composition. Algae gets eaten or takes over a surface, seaweed grows or disappears, and iron and lime deposits stain the rocks different and sometimes exotic colours. Shot in January 2022, this spot is quite easy to find, but changes colour with almost alarming regularity. The last time I saw it the yellow staining was non-existent and the green algae had pretty much taken over.
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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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