Black Spray #1 (2015) Photograph by Gary Moger

Black Spray #1

South Cornwall. Winter, 2015.

The Atlantic is doing what it does.

One wave. That's all. Rising out of a dark, restless sea, white water exploding at its crest, the whole force of the ocean concentrated into a single moment — and then gone.

I surf this coast, so I spend a lot of time watching the sea. You start to recognise how a wave builds, how it travels and what it means when the swell looks like this. Every wave that breaks has travelled a long way to reach this point. Then, in a few seconds, all that energy is spent.

I was drawn to the contrast between the dark water and the white spray, and to the way the wave seems to rise out of the heavy winter sky. There's very little else in the frame. Just water, weather and light.

I like that simplicity. You don't need a complicated scene when the ocean is doing something like this.

Photographed on my Leica M10 in winter 2015. The image is full frame, never cropped, exactly as I saw it.

The print

I produce each print in my own studio on Hahnemühle Photo Rag archival paper. Every print is checked carefully before packing, and I use plastic-free packaging.

Limited edition of 50, signed and numbered, with a certificate of authenticity.

Materials used:

Leica M10, Hahnemuhle Photorag Archival paper

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 50
• Size: 22 x 15 x 0.1" (unframed) / 21 x 14.1" (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky