Rural Coastal Graveyard, Ireland
Artist’s Statement (provided by, and with thanks to, Terry Eve)
This black-and-white photograph, delicately toned with cool blue hues, captures the raw interplay between time, memory, and the relentless forces of nature. Set against the backdrop of a windswept shore, where small, gnarled trees bear testament to years of elemental battering, the image speaks of endurance—both of the land and of those memorialized within it.
At the heart of the composition stands the graveyard, a silent archive of generations past. The foreground is marked by older, taller crosses, their silhouettes stark against the shifting sky. These weathered monuments, softened by time, contrast with the modern black headstones beyond—precisely faceted, their geometric edges catching the muted light. The white inscriptions, sharp and legible even at a distance, stand as echoes of individual stories, tethered to a landscape shaped by forces far older than human history.
The cool, desaturated processing imbues the scene with a spectral stillness—moody, mournful, yet undeniably striking. Though the weather is overcast, an ethereal glow lingers in the air, subtly illuminating the scene with a diffuse, otherworldly presence. It is as if the light itself acknowledges the passage of time, revealing not just a place of rest, but a threshold between past and present, permanence and impermanence.
This image does not merely document a location; it captures an atmosphere—a quiet, melancholic reverence in which nature and memory are forever entwined.
Rural Coastal Graveyard, Ireland
Artist’s Statement (provided by, and with thanks to, Terry Eve)
This black-and-white photograph, delicately toned with cool blue hues, captures the raw interplay between time, memory, and the relentless forces of nature. Set against the backdrop of a windswept shore, where small, gnarled trees bear testament to years of elemental battering, the image speaks of endurance—both of the land and of those memorialized within it.
At the heart of the composition stands the graveyard, a silent archive of generations past. The foreground is marked by older, taller crosses, their silhouettes stark against the shifting sky. These weathered monuments, softened by time, contrast with the modern black headstones beyond—precisely faceted, their geometric edges catching the muted light. The white inscriptions, sharp and legible even at a distance, stand as echoes of individual stories, tethered to a landscape shaped by forces far older than human history.
The cool, desaturated processing imbues the scene with a spectral stillness—moody, mournful, yet undeniably striking. Though the weather is overcast, an ethereal glow lingers in the air, subtly illuminating the scene with a diffuse, otherworldly presence. It is as if the light itself acknowledges the passage of time, revealing not just a place of rest, but a threshold between past and present, permanence and impermanence.
This image does not merely document a location; it captures an atmosphere—a quiet, melancholic reverence in which nature and memory are forever entwined.