TIDAL STRATA: EVEN WATER NEEDS A MAP
I returned to Wild Moor Point forty times over four years to create the TIDAL BLOCK picture. The frames of tidal levels mapped the imprinted memories between the rocks, waves, and me. Fascinated with the accumulation of time, I crafted the TIDAL STRATA picture to relay the depth of our experience together.
TIDAL BLOCK STRATA: TO SIMPLIFY IS COMPLICATED
Crafting the TIDAL BLOCK piece proved that making work look simple is far more complex than it appears. TIDAL BLOCK STRATA reveals traces of 40 days of tidal imprints painstakingly assembled to create a single landscape. Curated individual rocks and pieces of water from over 11,000 frames are revealed like pieces in a puzzle that had no picture on the box.
TIDAL BLOCK STRATA SHORT
The TIDAL BLOCK STRATA FILM reveals the unforeseen complexity of the TIDAL BLOCK. Breaking down the method devised to construct it and the methodology that built it, the TIDAL BLOCK STRATA work unveils layers of the image like words woven together to compose a novel.
ONLY 11,000 FRAMES
Clearly there was no quick, easy way to shoot matching frames for my endeavor, nor an existing method to follow. So, I built one. To align shots captured over forty days, I created a reference photo that mirrored the viewfinder grid. Using guidelines and foot markers, I photographed the spot with the fervor of a long-lost love, eventually cataloging over 11,000 frames that revealed each incarnation of rocks and water.
THE TIDAL BLOCK EQUATION
To convey the tidal levels from 40 days, I grouped the rocks by height. The tallest rocks are filled with white water, as they are the rarest condition to witness, while constantly exposed areas are left empty. The medium-sized rocks are filled or half-filled to depict the constant intertidal zone shift, sometimes hidden, sometimes revealed. The lowest sub tidal rocks are empty since they can rarely be seen at all. With the TIDAL BLOCK print equation established, I was finally able to realize my original goal to see all the tidal levels at once.
