Dark Sea #2 (2015) Photograph by Gary Moger

South Cornwall. Winter, 2015.

The storm has been building for days.
The sky is almost black. The Atlantic is cold and grey-green, the waves low and relentless, the foam dissolving into the dark water at the shore. And then — a single break in the clouds. One shaft of silver light, falling on the horizon like a spotlight on an empty stage.

This is what Gary comes for. Not the pretty days. The days when the ocean is doing something ancient and indifferent and vast.

Surfing teaches you to read the sea — its patterns, its texture, its moods. Every wave that crosses this frame has travelled thousands of miles to get here. And then it's gone. The energy moves on. Unless you photograph it, it exists only as a memory.
Part of a series capturing the texture and light of the Atlantic during Cornish winter storms — the ocean at its most raw, most alive, most itself.

Shot on a Leica M10 and printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo archival paper. Full frame, never cropped, exactly as it was.
Each print is made entirely by hand in Gary's own studio. Every stage, from camera to finished print, is carried out by Gary himself. Never outsourced. Always personal.

Materials used:

Leica M10, Hahnemuhle Bamboo Archival paper

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 50
• Size: 55.88 x 38.1 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 53.34 x 35.31cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky