RITE OF WATER, 2010-2012

Rite of Water, 2010-2012


My children have known the mystique and danger of the ocean their entire lives. I witnessed them learning to trust their power and be at peace with their vulnerability as they went through a unique rite of passage when they were just 2 and 5 years old.


Each color panel represents the early phase or 'the cutting away' in a rite of passage. This is where they leave what is familiar and comfortable yet they appear courageous and capable.


The black and white images represent the phase where uncertainty occurs. Their perception is unclear. They are 'liminal people' in this phase which is at the margin and most often where revelation occurs.

Young boy standing on a beach facing a large powerful green wave crashing toward the shore.
Black and white photo of a surfer silhouette amid crashing ocean waves and sea foam.
Child in wetsuit standing in ocean waves with cloudy sky backdrop.
Black and white underwater photography showing water surface with bokeh light reflections and bubbles.
Young girl in floral bikini wading in shallow ocean water at dusk.
Black and white underwater photo of a swimmer surrounded by bubbles and light.
Young girl in green swimsuit wading in calm water at dusk.
Dramatic black and white underwater photo of a person submerged beneath crashing ocean waves.
Young girl swimming in calm ocean water at dusk with bokeh lights in background.
Black and white aerial view of a person swimming underwater with one hand reaching up through dark rippling water.
Young child in wetsuit sitting atop a foamy ocean wave under a cloudy sky.
Joyful child splashing in ocean waves with arms outstretched, captured in black and white photography.
Person emerging from ocean waves with water droplets sparkling in sunlight.
Black and white split-level photo of a person floating at the ocean surface, head barely visible above water.
Silhouette of child sitting in calm ocean water at sunset.
Black and white underwater photo of a seal diving deep beneath the ocean surface with light rays.
Surfer in full wetsuit standing on a surfboard facing an incoming ocean wave.
Black and white photo of a child swimming with head above calm dark water.
A child stands waist-deep in ocean waves at sunset, viewed from behind.
Black and white underwater photo of a person swimming at the ocean surface with light bubbles.
Young girl crouching by reflective tide pool near rocky shore.
Black and white photo of a child swimming with head just above water surface.
Person standing in ocean waves at sunset in wetsuit.
Abstract black and white underwater photo showing blurred figure and light bokeh through ocean waves.
Surfer in wetsuit diving through a crashing wave in the ocean.
Black and white photo of a child running through crashing ocean waves on a sandy beach.
Silhouetted child in a wetsuit wading into the ocean at sunset with sparkling water reflections.
Black and white photo of a powerful ocean wave crashing, captured from water level with dramatic spray and foam.
Person swimming in ocean waves during golden hour sunset light.
Black and white photo of a surfer's head barely visible above crashing ocean waves.
Surfer in red wetsuit standing on surfboard above calm blue ocean water.
Black and white photo of a person's head barely visible above a field of tall grass under cloudy sky.
Child in black wetsuit playing in crashing ocean surf waves at sunset.
Black and white close-up of ocean wave splashing against water surface.
Surfer paddling through ocean waves at sunset with golden light reflecting.
Silhouette of a person submerged in calm ocean water at sunset in black and white.
Surfer paddling through choppy ocean waves on overcast day.
Black and white photo of powerful ocean waves crashing with white sea foam and spray.

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