cover image Explorations Along an Imaginary Coastline

Explorations Along an Imaginary Coastline

, . . Hudson Hills, $40 (63pp) ISBN 978-1-55595-278-5

A longtime resident of the central California coast, photographer Casanave positioned a pinhole camera on the seashore to get a crab's eye view, then experimented with various effects during long periods of exposure. Sometimes dreamlike, sometimes heavy-handedly surreal, her delicate gray-on-gray images capture the movement of clouds, waves, seaweed and sand, along with an enigmatic man, outfitted with bowler hat, trench coat and rimless spectacles. (Sept. 25)