For many years, I've documented the erosion at the Northside of Indian River Inlet (NIRI) in Delaware Seashore State Park using a multitude of analog film and digital mediums. This complex and dynamic area has a profound history with a moveable inlet, a devastating shipwreck from centuries ago, whale beachings, over washes, and five and a half bridges built in the same area in less than a hundred years. With climate change and anthropogenic pressures, the erosion at NIRI has been uncovering layers of dumped bridges, roadways, and other hazardous materials onto the beach, in the nearshore, and in the surf zone. NIRI is the heart and home to generations of surfing families including my own. This unique and special surf spot is where my son and I caught our first wave together when he was 2 years old. These photographs represent conflicting feelings of perplexity and normalization that's taken place from having this type of dangerous marine debris in our community.
https://www.wmdt.com/2023/08/the-brightside-indian-river-inlet-beach-revitalization/
