Danielle Dean
Tide and Air
This work is a meditation on the passage of time and photographic qualities of air and water; a study at False Bay Marine Preserve, a large Intertidal bay that is protected by the University of Washington. This shallow bay deceptively looks like a bay suitable for mooring at high tide but empties nearly entirely at low tide to expose 300 acres of sandy tideland, home to a unique fragile ecological system. On a calm October morning, I documented the changing sea and sky from first light until sunrise, 7:25 until 7:55 am. The moon that morning was at 59% Waning. The images are joined by a false horizon line, abstracting the landscape while drawing universal connections between the moon, tides, light and the changing sky. For me this is a quiet form of environmental activism, paying attention to one of our most precious resources.
Tide and Air is a collaborative bicoastal dialogue between Barbara Bosworth, Alyssa Minahan and myself. A book has recently been published by The Dust Collective. This is an edited selection of my work for the project.