Creel boats moored inside the harbour walls under low cloud

Landings

Fourteen photographs, 2022 to 2026. The series is ongoing.

Dunhaven still lands shellfish for most of the year. I started photographing the harbour in 2022 and kept going back: the fleet at its moorings, the gear stacked on the quay, the town that lives off both.

Creels stacked on the quay

Life rings and yellow sea boots through the chandlery window — The chandlery window, Harbour Street.

A small workboat on flat water off the pontoon

The bow of a red-hulled fishing boat, registration EH 10

The weathered hull of the BRU 75

A fishing boat tied up among the fleet

A blue and orange boat aground at low tide

Boats at anchor under a break in storm light

Creels and coiled rope on the quay, the fleet at its moorings behind

Creel netting in close-up, orange twine over steel frames

Creels stacked the length of the quay under a grey sky — The quay in October, Dunhaven.

Shopfronts on Harbour Street — Harbour Street, Dunhaven.

Next series

The harbour drained at low tide, boats leaning on the mud

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