Tides And Tempests
2020
$66.00
First edition of Tides And Tempests by Rachael Talibart. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some minor shelf wear to the back cover and a small soft bump to the bottom of the spine. Please see photographs for reference.
About
The rhythm of the tides, tethered to the waxing and waning of the moon, shapes our very sense of time. It also, literally, carves the wild edges of the land on which we live. If land is our realm, then the ocean is nibbling at our boundaries; its twice daily incursions sluice, whittle, sometimes even flail our habitat away. The tides make coastal photography exciting because the land changes dramatically every day, twice a day, and you can never be sure what the thing you photographed at low tide one day will look like the next, when the sea whisks up its sorcerer’s cloak once more, to reveal some new magic.
Understanding the tides and how they interact with a location is a logistical and safety necessity but there is also a less prosaic benefit to becoming tide-aware, or even obsessed. Some of my happiest days have been when I have stayed on a beach through a full tidal cycle. It’s amazing how much more you see, and appreciate with your other senses, when you have the luxury of time.
