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The Inaugural Collection Is Here
The Beaches (Volume I) is a celebration of Vancouver’s thriving urban beaches. This new collection highlights the landscapes that make them so special.
Spanish Banks at low tide is one of my favourite places. It has a bit of an alien world quality, with a long, rocky shore stretching east to west for what seems like forever.
I often visit with my camera, but don’t usually aim the lens north, across the Burrard Inlet, as I’ve done in this image. I remember this windy October morning well, and my excitement at having found this composition just waiting for me, after all this time. There’s usually one or more tanker ships in the inlet that spoil scenes like this, but not on that day.
Details of this print:
limited edition of four plus one artist proof, signed in pencil au verso
Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Glossy fibre-based paper (MGFB1K)
25 cm / 10 in. square image area, with 1.25 cm / .5 in. white border
processed according to Ilford’s optimum permanence sequence
spotted for dust and blemishes if necessary with archival dyes
flattened in a Seal dry-mount press
packaged in an acid-free clear bag, and shipped in custom rigid mailer box
includes signed certificate
The photos show the actual print in its clear bag.
Kitsilano Beach is arguably the only competition English Bay Beach has for the title of best urban beach in Vancouver—and some might even say Canada at large. In this view, taken from the western edge of Kits Beach, you can catch a glimpse of both, with the gentle curve of Kitsilano sand in the foreground, and the northern edge of English Bay Beach and Vancouver’s West End neighbourhood in the distance.
Taken late in the season, the focus is on the beach itself, rather than the people who enjoy it daily. But if you look closely, you’ll find one or two, along with several ghosted silhouettes, summoned by the long exposure.
Details of this print:
limited edition of four plus one artist proof, signed in pencil au verso
Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Glossy fibre-based paper (MGFB1K)
25 cm / 10 in. square image area, with 1.25 cm / .5 in. white border
processed according to Ilford’s optimum permanence sequence
spotted for dust and blemishes if necessary with archival dyes
flattened in a Seal dry-mount press
packaged in an acid-free clear bag, and shipped in custom rigid mailer box
includes signed certificate
The photos show the actual print in its clear bag.
Sunset Beach is familiar ground. Our family knows it well, and we walk its length almost daily, from the southern edge near the bridge at the bottom of this image, to the Inukshuk pictured at the northern peninsula, where English Bay Beach begins.
I know this area so well that it’s difficult for me to make an interesting photo of it from my typical perspective; I’m grateful that Burrard Bridge is there to help with that. From up here, we can see more clearly this beach for what it is—an everyday playground, resting at the feet of tens of thousands of West End residents, stacked above in a forest of towers.
Details of this print:
limited edition of four plus one artist proof, signed in pencil au verso
Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Glossy fibre-based paper (MGFB1K)
25 cm / 10 in. square image area, with 1.25 cm / .5 in. white border
processed according to Ilford’s optimum permanence sequence
spotted for dust and blemishes if necessary with archival dyes
flattened in a Seal dry-mount press
packaged in an acid-free clear bag, and shipped in custom rigid mailer box
includes signed certificate
The photos show the actual print in its clear bag.