Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John is meditating on the colour blue as he heads down to the coast near Milton Locks.
Everywhere the sky. As above, so below, reflected in the small pools of sea water left by the tide as it retreats from the strand line.
The eastern side of Portsea Island, particularly towards Milton Locks, is somewhere that I never tire of. Always the same, yet always different, the coastal defences might suggest permanence, but the rock strewn shoreline, slowly shifting mud and sand, and partially rotted wooden structures suggest otherwise.
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