Altered Coast is a documentation through images and words of coastal erosion on the coast of East Anglia. Locations, sediment, weather systems, communities, tides and surges as actors in a constantly changing, increasingly fragile evolution. As restless and powerful as the sea itself.
Cusp features on Sudbourne Beach. Swash of a wave is directed into indentation between the crescents. Potentially enhancing power of Backwash, increasing draw down of beach material. Suffolk. 2nd July 2023Broken rusted wire from Gabion Basket flood defence. Thorpeness Beach. 3rd July 2023Salt-Scoured tree branches, remnants from storm surge that breached sea defences in 2013. Hazelwood Marshes. 13th May 2021 Sand drifting off the front of eroded cliffs. Thorpeness Beach. 11th August 2023.Rusted Wire from Gabion Stone Flood defences, ripped apart by wave action. Thorpeness Beach. 11th August 2023.Spray from waves recoiling from hitting sea defence blocks clashes with incoming waves. Hemsby Gap. 17th September 2023 Poster warning beach goers to avoid crumbling cliffs, ripped in half, hanging on the fence at Hesmby Gap. 17th September 2023.Blocks installed to try and stem coastal erosion at Hesmby Gap. 17th September 2023End of the day after a day of high seas & wind at Hemsby Gap. 17th September 2023Brash, repurposed from Habitat Management at Blaxhall Common. Laid by Suffolk Wildlife Trust to protect footpath from wave action erosion. Hazelwood Marshes. 15th February 2023
Feather caught on rusted wire. Stone Gabion Basket flood defences, damaged by the sea. Thorpeness Beach 31st December 2022 Single piece of rusted wire. Stone Gabion Basket flood defences, damaged by the sea. Thorpeness Beach 31st December 2022 Silvery sun over salt-scoured remains of a tree. Hazelwood Marshes 2nd October 2022Silvery sun over saltmarsh. Hazelwood Marshes 2nd October 2022Reflections of blue sky, clouds and sunshine. Hazelwood Marshes. 27th August 2022 Wooden posts inserted to encourage saltmarsh. Alde & Ore Estuary. 25th November 2022Saltmarsh reflected in pool of water. Alde & Ore Estuary. 25th November 2022 Reed bed at sunset. Iken Marshes. 25th November 2022Sunset behind hedge at dusk. High Street. 25th November 2022
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