The Waves Between
James John Midwinter’s photographs of the Cornish coastal landscape are an unexpected approach to the subject of the sea, with a monochromatic palette. Images are at once a depiction of both solitude and community; the isolation at sea and the emotion of people we return to on land. A distance remains between the human figures in his photographs even when they are side by side, mirroring the separation implicit between the waves of the ocean.
Ocean, surfer, rocks, fishing boat: The Waves Between capture all with the same unflinching regard of exposure, yielding images that are at once a depiction of both isolation and community; the deep solitude of the sea and the people we return to on land. The figures in James John Midwinter’s photographs have an intangible intimacy between them; yet the true relationship is that which exists between the sea and the humans who venture into it. His Cornish coastal landscapes are wholly unexpected in their minimalist and monochromatic approach.
James John Midwinter is a British artist living and working in Cornwall. Upon moving to Cornwall in 2015 his passion for art and photography was reignited by the energy of the coast, and he set about capturing the feelings and emotions of surfing and the landscape around him.
The Waves Between
James John Midwinter’s photographs of the Cornish coastal landscape are an unexpected approach to the subject of the sea, with a monochromatic palette. Images are at once a depiction of both solitude and community; the isolation at sea and the emotion of people we return to on land. A distance remains between the human figures in his photographs even when they are side by side, mirroring the separation implicit between the waves of the ocean.
A Map of the Shadow Self
In the minutes after the sun has set or just before it rises, the world seems to lose its dimension. Shadows disappear, and the sky takes on a blue heaviness that seems to flatten the landscape into a single, monochromatic plane. For Gabriel Isak, this blue hour can be understood as a visual synonym for almost a decade of his life.
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