I love tide pools. Finding a tide pool is like stumbling upon an entirely different world; a temporary one. They exist at the right times and will be different tomorrow. If you come back later they might be gone or inaccessible.
Photographic studies of tide pools along the Pacific coast off Highway 1 in California.
Large wet, dark grey rocks with a pool of frothy ocean water in between. The Pacific Ocean can be seen behind the rocks, meeting the sky at the horizon.
Closed shell in the center of the frame on a bed of sand with large rocks in the background.
A close up of purplish barnacles on a rock.
Sand meeting shallow water in the upper left third of the frame. There are colored pebbles under the water and dark purple seaweed on the lower left of the frame.
Seaweed and rocks under shallow water.
Yellowish and grey rocks with shallow water and an open shell between the rocks.
Close up of the surface of a light grey rock with a circle of water in the center. There are small shells on the edge of the circle.
Shallow water with a large, light brownish-grey rock in the background.
Wet grey rocks with green seaweed on them.
A pool of still, dark blue, shallow water in between large grey rocks that take up most of the frame. There is a smaller rock in the center of the water with green seaweed on it and there is green seaweed along the edges of the pool.
A strip of shallow water between large grey rocks. The water is reflecting the sky and there are small shells on the edge of the upper rock.
Shallow water and small rocks between large grey rocks. There is an orange starfish in the center of the frame.
Detail of the surface of a wet grey rock with dark puplish-black seaweed on it.
Ocean water dripping over the edge of grey rocks after a large wave has crashed against the shore. The water is filling a small pool in the rocks and there is green seaweed scattered around the frame.
A pool of water inside a large rock covered with barnacles and seaweed.
A bit of water in the crook of a large light grey rock. There are small shells near the water.
A stream of ocean water moves along the sand between dark grey, wet rocks.
A close-up of two small, purplish shells on top of a large, brownish, barnacle covered rock.
A pinkish-orange crab moves diagonally from the bottom left of the frame to the upper right of the frame across sand.
Large brownish rocks covered with green seaweed.
Shallow water with pebbles between large brownish rocks. The water is edged with green seaweed.
A mostly still tide pool with rocks and seaweed and anemones under the water.
In March 2020 cities around the world entered into lockdowns in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Initially unsure of what was safe and what wasn’t, I didn’t venture far from home. Normally a nature photographer, I wanted to avoid busy trails and paths so I began taking short walks in the early morning when few people were out photography the nature that’s made its home alongside humans.
Photograph of a pot of marigolds between two faded red chairs.
Photograph of a Meyer lemon tree with raindrops on the leaves.
Photography of a pink flowering bush reaching over a concrete walking path. There are fog drops on the plant and the ground is we.
Photograph of reddish dried leaves and dried mowed grass on a sidewalk.
Photography of a trimmed tree with a light green plant in front of it. In the background is a brownish wall.
Photography of a flowering pink rose bush with a reddish brown wall in the background.
Image of a tomato plant with red and yellow tomatoes on a front stoop. the white edge of a window sill peeks down from the upper right corner. In the background is another potted plant on a white topped wooden table.
Photograph of a Cala lily plant (not in bloom) in woodchips in front of a brownish wall.
Close up for a green bush with some yellow leaves. Focus is on a dew covered spiderweb nestled between the leaves.
Image of a sidewalk with a small green weed growing up between the cracks. In the upper part of the photo is a fallen reddish leaf.
Image of a lavender hydrangea plant in front of a blue wall. Some of the large flower heads are browned with age. A red brick wall emerges from the left side of the photograph.
Image of a tree trunk and green plants in front of a red wall. From the right, the tree trunk is bathed in artifical light from a street light just outside the frame.
Photo of reddish wood chips in front of a blue wall. From the left side of the frame a green bush emerges along with some long, thin weeds. A teeny bit of a front step can be see on the right of the image.
Image of a deep reddish-pink hydrangea in a large terracotta pot on a front stoop. Smaller, green plants can be seen on the left of the photo, these plants are also in terracotta pots.
Image of large, green, flowering plants in from of a window set in a reddish wall.
Photo of a wispy, green, flowering weed in front of a concrete brick wall. The has been painted blue.
Image of a large green plant and a smaller, green plant with yellow flowers in front of a brownish wall. Part of a white door frame can be seen on the left of the frame and a white windowsill emerges from the upper right of the photo.
Image of several bushes in front of a red wall with a white shutter and small white door. One of the bushes has pink flowers.
Image of a pink flowering vine crawling up a white post on a doorstep. The door is red and framed in white, the house wall is brownish.
Image of a white house number plaque with the number 442 on it, a black framed light and two hanging white pots with plants. On the left of the photo a door frame emerges and on the right, a small white door. The top half of the wall in the background is red, the bottom half is blue There are green plants in front of the lower portion of the wall.
Image of an arcing flowering vine in front of a blue wall.
Image of a side walk with small, long, thin green leaves fallen upon it. In the top of the frame is freshly mowed grass.
Image of concrete stairs and a brownish wall. a green vine with orange and yellow flowers emerges from the bottom left of the frame and creeps across the lower step.
Image of green plants, reddish wood chips, and grass in from of a blue wall with a small white door and small white vent in it.
Image of a small green and red plant in a black pot on a concrete front step. In the background is a brownish wall with a white shutter.
Image of a white Cala lily in dirt in front of a reddish wall.
The photographs in this series were taken during a three-hour hike in Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park near Irvine, California.
All photographs were captured digitally and were turned into a digitally printed zine. This zine is available for purchase.
The zine was bound in a tip-folio format allowing the pages to pop out of the cover in a circular shape. This reference the nature of a hike where one begins and ends in the same spot. The book structure also allows viewers a sense of passing through the wilderness in a simulation of the hike the artist took. The zine was printed on Neenah Paper Company’s Moonrock paper, which is slightly grey and simulates the overcast day the images were captured on.
A series of photographs intended to give the viewer the experience of being in the woods.
A photo project consisting of images taken on various Northern California beaches of items that have been washed up by the tides. In each image, the debris becomes a still life, often times seeming to creating it's own abstract or minimalist artwork within the frame.
The View From Here is an ongoing photo series of the moments, grandiose or seemingly unimportant, that make up life.
Volume 1 of this series culminates in a thirty (30) page zine measuring 5 1/4 x 4in with a spine of 3/8in. The zine is digitally printed and bound in a tipfolio or 'mock accordion' structure. Edition of 20. The colophon reads:
It is so easy to get caught up in life and forget the little things that make it special. The View From Here is an ongoing photo series that celebrates the small, beautiful details that we should all take a moment to enjoy.
Volume 1: I grew up in Connecticut with an overgrown backyard and a plethora of nature hikes at my doorstep. I never doubted I would live in a city and I can't imagine ever living elsewhere. Still, it's no wonder I'm attracted to the small pieces of nature that inhabit the city. This volume of The View From Here contains glimpses from mornings walking my lover's dog. It begins and ends with the same view from the doorstep when leaving the house.
All images in this book were taken with an iPhone 5C and laser printed. All photography, editing, design, and binding were done by Nina Eve Zeininger.
A study of apples fallen from an apple tree in Agawam, Massachusetts.
An artists’ book of these images is available for purchase.
A photo zine of this project is also available for purchase.
