There I was at Milady Beach, camera on tripod, waiting for that one moment. The waves roll on, smash on the rocks, and then... gone. Everything is constantly changing - the shape of the foam, the light on the water, the way the clouds move.
What hit me was that contrast. That brutal force of the sea throwing itself against the rocks, but at the same time that soft glow of the setting sun over it. Water that both destroys and enchants.
You feel small standing there. That Atlantic ocean that has been pounding against this Basque coast for so long, long before we were there, long after we are no longer there. And every moment is unique - this light, this wave, this position of the clouds.... in ten seconds everything will be different again.
I wanted to hold on to that. Not so much the place, but that sense of fleetingness. How nature is constantly in motion, how powerful and delicate at the same time.
A second later, this moment was over, gone in the endless dance of water and light.
I have been working in photography and media (audiovisual productions & video ) for over 40 years.
For me, photography is not a genre or style - it is a way of seeing. My subjects are as broad as life itself: people, places, details, light, shapes,..
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