Tides

Tides

The area of Brighton seafront between the piers, where urban, city life contrasts with the natural world, has an overriding sense of impermanence. Holidaymakers, day-trippers and other visitors come and go; the tides ebb and flow and the weather constantly changes through the days and the seasons.

Detritus is flung up on the pebbles by the incoming sea then taken away again as it retreats; the usual bits of seaweed, driftwood, shells, feathers, cuttlefish bones and half-eaten marine life together with a selection of discarded trash that has somehow ended up in the sea; odd bits of plastic, toothbrushes, broken sunglasses, bottle tops, rope…

Evidence of ‘having a good time’ remains on the beach the day after the night before; bottle tops, cans, travel tickets, jewellery, cigarette butts, party poppers…

Now obsolete phone boxes on the promenade are covered in advertising flyers; posters and stickers are taped or blue-tacked on then torn off or pasted over with newer ones; a top layer of graffiti adds to the visual cacophony. A kaleidoscope of ever-changing patterns form on the surface of the translucent glass as the shapes and colours of passers are seen through it and the light changes through the day.

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Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 1

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 1

Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 2

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 2

Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 3

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 3

Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 4

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 4

Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 5

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 5

Urban Surface Brighton - Phone Box 6

Urban Surface Brighton – Phone Box 6

Between the Piers - Leftovers 1

Between the Piers – Leftovers 1

Between the Piers - Leftovers 2

Between the Piers – Leftovers 2

Between the Piers - Leftovers 3

Between the Piers – Leftovers 3

Between the Piers - Scratching the Surface

Between the Piers – Scratching the Surface

Between the Piers - Boats

Between the Piers – Boats