Beacons (2018-22)

Every winter on Washington State’s Pacific Coast, low tides provide an opportunity for the harvesting of razor clams. When the low tides correspond with sunset, a condition is created where the light of the blueing sky is reflected in the wet sand, temporarily erasing the boundary between earth and space. This project, shot over the course of several winters, explores the interplay between light and dark, focusing on the figures of the local diggers, who work with lights and lanterns to bring in their nightly harvest. In these images, the diggers appear as beacons in the darkness – untethered, isolated but self-contained, on the threshold of a void.