Rye Harbour
In the middle ages the picturesque East Sussex town of Rye had a thriving port but in the intervening centuries the sea has steadily migrated from Rye and is now a staggering 2 miles away giving rise to the small community of Rye Harbour, a desolate wind swept place, though when the sun shines AND the wind stops blowing it is transformed with its great banks of shingle and long sweeping sandy beaches glistening in the sun. The images in this gallery focus both on a fisherman’s hut located on the long shingle spit running out to the sea as well as on the sand and pebbles o the beach. The hut also know as Uncles’ Hut or the Red Hut has been there since at least 1904 and although painted twice a year its whole being seems to speak of the biting salt laden winds and storms that characterise this exposed stretch of coast. The pictures are intentionally "artistic" rather than simply photographic and while they really need to be seen as full sized prints I hope they at least convey something of the character of this wild and wonderful stretch of coast. Please let me know what you think! Click on the individual thumbnails to see a larger version of each photo or to select the slide show option.
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