Adam Kola, Photographer, Sydney

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This high-angle black and white aerial photograph captures a wide expanse of a sandy beach meeting the ocean waves in Sydney. Numerous small figures of people walk along the shore, lounge on the sand, and wade into the surf with surfboards. The composition emphasizes high-contrast lighting with bright white sand and foaming water punctuated by dark silhouettes of beachgoers. The monochromatic color grading accentuates the graphic quality of the figures against the natural coastal landscape. Captured from an elevated perspective by photographer Adam Kola.