Samphire Wetlands Canning River
Samphire Wetlands Canning River
Ready to hang
Framed Aluminium – graphite 50.5cm x 60.5cm
28x35cm Hand Printed Silver Gelatin Print,
Signed, numbered, 1 of Edition of 10
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The wetlands around Canning River are seasonal. This image was made in Autumn just before the first significant rains. It usually takes several rainy days before water appears on the surface. With the first rain, the hard ground which has been baked all through
As it rains during the night the water level rises and suddenly a large expanse of water has appeared on the landscape. Where there was hard ground just a week before now is a small lake that will stay all through winter. Waterbirds gather around and inhabit the wetlands.
One of the interesting things about the samphire during Autumn, just before the wetlands flood, is that it changes
