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This photo was taken on the beach at Crosby which is on the harbour approaches to Liverpool in the north west of England.
There are 100 of these life size cast iron figures by the sculptor Antony Gormley spread out over a 2 mile stretch of the beach. With the changing light, weather & tides the figures alter in their relationship to the beach as well as each other.
I think it is a truly wonderful work of public art!
The photo was taken well after sunset in dark and rapidly changing weather. Even though I used a tripod far bigger than the tiny Fuji F31 compact camera that it was supporting, I found afterward that only about half the photos I took were useable as I had not always pushed the tripod hard enough into the soft sand.
I hope you like the photo and that you get a sense of how surreal it felt all alone on the beach at night with just those statues for company!
Like what you see here and are interested in photographic composition?.....the blog section of my website now has a complete set of 5 articles covering my personal approach to the subject: Ian Bramham Photography - Blog
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to my website Ian Bramham - Fine Art Photography where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
@sithenah: Thanks Sithenah - the local council have arranged for the statues to stay at Crosby instead of being moved to New York so they will still be there next time you visit the area.
@daniel kurniawan: Hi Daniel - thanks for taking the time to reply - I'm glad you remembered the photo - the dpreview fujiforum is really great and the other posters there have given me lots of encouragement and inspiration.
@Daroru: Thank you very much Daroru! I'm pleased that you liked the light as I was worried that the shot was a little too blue. Regards, Ian
@Babul Bhatt: Babul - thank you very much. I love these statues on the beach! Ian
