The swell rolls and undulates towards Cayeux-sur-Mer
Snow-capped waves, mountain foam
Whose peaceful crests, murmurs of a companion
whisper on the stone-gray sand
Original text by Marco Hukenzie
In the Baie de Somme, everything is graphic, compositional, material, instant color.
Sun, wind and rain decide the hue of sand and water: stone-gray, topaz, jade, lactescent... A magical slate, the tide creates works of art, then erases them to create new ones.
Marc Chesneau's photos invite us to play a child's game similar to that which gives shape and life to clouds. From the sky, we contemplate a land and sea with strange or familiar graphics, but always delightful and constantly renewed.
The photographer's desire to freeze the ephemeral in order to keep a trace of it has never been more justified than in the Baie de Somme.