Reportage art photos of people enjoying the unspoilt beach at Aldeburgh Suffolk by Paul E Williams.
By The Sea – Photos of Aldeburgh
Suffolk’s coastline is one of my favourite in England and it is always a great pleasure to explore its unspoilt beaches. Picturesque Aldeburgh is my favourite town on this coast with its timeless old world charms and traditional British seaside values.
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Suffolk Coast
Many things attract me to Suffolk’s coastline especial the quality of light and incredible skies that are important factor in any photograph. Also waves making mesmeric and hypnotic sounds as they crash on the shingle beaches create an atmosphere of timelessness. These factors are not just conducive to making photographs, the composer Benjamin Britten lived in Aldeburgh and was inspired by its atmosphere.
Traditional Seaside town
Aldeburgh still adheres too many British seaside traditions like the simple pleasures of cream teas, rock, kitsch gift shops and a pint of beer in a pub by the beach. Many houses have a certain architecture and colouring you only find in unspoilt English seaside towns.
To me the seaside is also where you treat yourself to fish and chips and Aldeburgh has two of the most famous fish and chip shops in England. Charming Aldeburgh still retains many British seaside traditions which is maybe why I am drawn to it.
By The Sea Art Photo Series
I grew up in the centre of England in Buckingham so never got to know the seaside well when I was a child. This is what probably draws me to the sea and especially the coast of Great Britain, which has some of the most wonderful beaches and unspoilt seaside town in the world. Shame about the weather though.
In my series of photos By The Sea I explore the coast of Britain and Europe and look at people enjoying it. I take a look at the things we do by the sea we wouldn’t dream of doing anywhere else which make being by the sea a treasured experience.
The seaside brings the child out in all of us and I dedicate these photos to that spirit of enjoyment.
See the complete By The Sea – Aldburgh series of art photos.
About Aldeburgh Suffolk
Aldeburgh is a small finishing town on the coast of Suffolk, England, and its old town and port are built at the back of a wide high shingle beach. Due to coastal currents a shingle spit runs down the coast from Aldeburgh for several miles with the sea and one side and, on the other side the River Alde. This means that Aldeburghs port is on the River Alde, protected from the sea by the long shingle spit.
A Short History
The name “Aldeburgh” derives from the Old English ald (old) and burh (fortification). Aldeburgh was a leading port and had a flourishing shipbuilding industry and as a port gained borough status in 1529 under Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower.
It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded in 1948.
See the complete By The Sea – Aldburgh series of art photos.