The pier reaching into fog

Out of Season

Twelve photographs. The series is ongoing.

Seaside towns spend half the year without their visitors. I photograph the resorts of the east coast between October and March, when the fronts are shuttered and the sands stay empty but for the few who remain.

The beach with seafront terraces behind — The front at Morlan Bay.

Groynes on the empty beach

Walkers crossing the winter beach below the town

A walker in a dark coat on the winter beach

The old lido pavilion above the rocks — The old lido pavilion, Morlan Bay.

An empty bench on the sand under a heavy sky

Figures on the jetty in sea mist

Beach huts shut for the winter below the dunes — The huts in November, Morlan Bay.

Dune grass and the empty beach disappearing into fog

A walker in a wool hat heading out along the breakwater

Next series

Lamps along the pier in fog

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