Since 2003 Michael Marten has travelled to different parts of the British coast to photograph identical views at high and low tide, six or eighteen hours apart. His beautiful and surprising photographs reveal how the twice daily rhythm of ebb and flood can dramatically transform the landscape.
High water 9:45 am, low water 4 pm
Perranporth, Cornwall. 29 and 30 August 2007
Low water 12 noon, high water 8 pm
Perranporth, Cornwall. 28 and 29 August 2007
High water 6 pm, low water 11:20 am
St Michael?s Mount, Cornwall. 25 and 26 June 2009
Low water 1:15 pm, high water 8 am
St Cwyfan?s ?church-in-the-sea?, Isle of Anglesey. 9 April 2012
High water 12 noon, low water 5:45 pm
Salmon fishery, Solway Firth. 27 and 28 March 2006
Low water 5:20 pm, high water 12 noon
Flamborough, Yorkshire. 27 and 28 September 2007
High water 5 pm, low water 11:45 am
Holy Island causeway, Northumberland. 7 May 2012
Low water 10:30 am, 3:20 pm, high water 4:20 pm
Rock, Cornwall. 21 and 22 March 2011
Low water 11:30 am, high water 7:20 am
Severn Bridge, Monmouthshire. 8 and 9 March 2008
Low water 2:30pm, high water 8:20 am
River Avon, Bristol. 11 February 2005
High water 10:20 am, low water 2.50 pm
Blackpool, Lancashire. 16 August 2010
Low water 11:20 am, high water 4 pm
Rhossili, Glamorgan. 24 June 2005
High water 8:30 am, low water 2:20 pm
