Beneath These Isles

Beneath These Isles is an exploration of Cornwall’s submerged landscapes—a visual journey through kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and coastal reefs that lie just out of sight. Shot entirely underwater, the work uncovers the luminous creatures and delicate ecosystems that exist just offshore.

Rooted in a deep connection to place, this project is anchored in local waters yet reaches toward a broader sense of belonging within the natural world. Blending natural history with emotional storytelling, the photographs hover between documentation and reverie. Each image captures a fleeting moment of encounter: a squid suspended in the dark, a glimmering isopod clinging to a blade of seagrass, a flicker of life easily overlooked.

Beneath These Isles is both a celebration and a quiet call to attention. In an era of rising sea temperatures and coastal degradation, it invites us to look again—beneath piers and tides, within estuaries and kelp beds—and remember what lives there. It reminds us that the underwater world is not remote or exotic but deeply local, wondrous, and worth protecting.