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Studio SEA LOVE
Visit Adéle Grosse’s studio to see underwater photographs that have been transformed into beautiful and useful items.
All products are made from recycled materials and each has a QR code with a link to a video explaining what Adéle saw and experienced at the time of taking the photograph. None of her images are retouched.
She has authored a book, It Starts With Me, that will be available soon. Keep an eye on their website for updates.
Paternoster hugs the Atlantic Ocean in a crescent moon of white houses – stark and blinding in the noonday sun. According to strict building regulations, all houses here must be painted white to mirror the lime-washed walls of the original fishermen’s cottages that have dotted this coastline since the early 1800s.
Down at the beach, a few small fishing boats come ashore, hauling in the day’s catch. Fishing quotas may not be what they once were on the West Coast, but there will be food on the table tonight.
Historically speaking, the West Coast’s commercial value has always been tied to the ocean. Fishing, guano harvesting and whale hunting have all taken place in these waters. In Paternoster, generations of fishermen have slipped out with the tides, filling their nets with snoek and herring; even hauling in more valuable catch like West Coast rock lobster.
Though evidence of Strandlopers traversing this area dates
