Erosion, 2019

“We are often unaware of the gradual decline and the erosion in our lives but not unaware of the gnawing feeling it brings.” – Eric Timm, Static Jedi: The Art of Hearing God Through the Noise

These images, collectively titled Erosion, were captured on a beach in Costa Rica. There, the ocean rearranges the shore wave by wave. Any log, small rock or leaf on the beach creates a fracture, drawing the sand into shapes of a tree, a figure, an abstract image.

On that beach, I spent fragments of time with “gnawing feelings” about changes in the fabric of my life: my last physical tie to my birthplace with a property sale; the profoundly painful wrenching away of a friend’s voice with her passing.

The dynamic deposition and erosion on the beach were a soothing reminder of life rhythms and the integration of love and loss.

Sand, used for centuries as a measurement of time, changed minute by minute, the same way we artificially measure love and loss in our everyday life. Both simply shift.

Photography for me is always a quest to capture time. By documenting a single moment, I can create a new story or representation of a memory. Erosion is one result.

– Jenny Carey, 2019