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Rachel Wright

BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media
Spume

‘Spume’ is a black and white study of the seafoam found along Brittas Bay. This series of macro images, exemplifies the details visible in nature when we allow ourselves time to explore and experience it. Having begun this project as a desire to capture the whole coast, the more I focussed on smaller areas, the more I connected to them. I became enthralled by the off white sea foam washing up on the beach. Spume as a series is thus a documentation of my captivation with the natural world.

Black and white image taken on a digital camera depicting seafoam on a beach. The bubbly outline of the foam starts on the left hand side of the photo and tapers off in the right bottom foreground. The grittiness of the sandy beach can also be seen in background and right side of the photograph.
Black and white image taken on a digital camera depicting seafoam on a beach. The bubbly outline of the foam starts on the left hand side of the photo and tapers off in the right bottom foreground. The grittiness of the sandy beach can also be seen in background and right side of the photograph.
Zooplankton
A black and white macro shot of seafoam taken on a digital camera. This image provides a closer look at the bubble-like formations of seafoam. It shows the white outlines of the bubbles enlarged further across the image from the left hand side to the right. In the middle of the bubbles we can see the blackness of the background and some grey-white smudges where the light reflected off the foam, showing off the texture of the bubbles.
A black and white macro shot of seafoam taken on a digital camera. This image provides a closer look at the bubble-like formations of seafoam. It shows the white outlines of the bubbles enlarged further across the image from the left hand side to the right. In the middle of the bubbles we can see the blackness of the background and some grey-white smudges where the light reflected off the foam, showing off the texture of the bubbles.
Phytoplankton
An even closer black and white macro shot of seafoam taken on a digital camera. In the top left corner there are a lot of white lines and grey spots on top of a black background that indicate a lot of bubbles clumped closely together. As you reach the centre and right side of the image the white lines become stretched further apart and there is not much grey, meaning the bubbles are bigger and aren't reflecting much light and you can see more of the black background
An even closer black and white macro shot of seafoam taken on a digital camera. In the top left corner there are a lot of white lines and grey spots on top of a black background that indicate a lot of bubbles clumped closely together. As you reach the centre and right side of the image the white lines become stretched further apart and there is not much grey, meaning the bubbles are bigger and aren't reflecting much light and you can see more of the black background
Protozoans
This is a black and white macro shot of a clump of seafoam taken on a digital camera. The left side of the image shows the black gritty texture of the sand and very close white lines, indicating the start od the seafoam formation. In the middle of the image there is an array of close white lines and grey smudges, ahowing a close group of bubbles reflecting the light. Lastly on the right side of the photograph is more of the black grittines of the sand.
This is a black and white macro shot of a clump of seafoam taken on a digital camera. The left side of the image shows the black gritty texture of the sand and very close white lines, indicating the start od the seafoam formation. In the middle of the image there is an array of close white lines and grey smudges, ahowing a close group of bubbles reflecting the light. Lastly on the right side of the photograph is more of the black grittines of the sand.
Detritus
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Rachel Wright
BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media

Rachel Wright is an Irish photographer from Maynooth working mostly with digital landscape photography. Wright has always felt a pull towards nature and that is reflected in her work. The beauty and fragility of the world around us and how human activity and pollution impact this are recurrent motifs. Often removing the colour from her images to emphasise this fragility and highlight formal details as a way to underscore the interconnectedness of our actions and experience of this world.

BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media