In Southampton, all the local seasidey places are quite urban and bleak in a 1980s USSR sort of way. Brutalist. Terminal. This is ok though, I like this. I like the juxtaposition.
You won’t find many (or any) tourists there – it seems a backdrop of power stations and a view of oil tankers isn’t to everybody’s liking. It feels a bit like the end of the word; a post-apocolypse with beach huts.
5 Comments
Andrwe
27 April 2009 at 08:01That first shot is great. I like it a lot.
J.G.
28 April 2009 at 03:27Love the colors, but agree with you: the overall atmosphere is quite creepy. Gay emptiness? Empty gaiety? The contrast just doesn’t feel right.
martie
28 April 2009 at 19:20Nice photos! Beautifully colored places, but so lonely. Brings to mind the phrase “what if they give a party and nobody comes”…
Gina
4 May 2009 at 20:34Great photography!! I wish I had a beach nearby that I could walk to…
John Marrocco
11 May 2009 at 19:47Nice set…especially like the shot of the rows of huts…