Nightswimming Deserves A Quiet Night

• Photographer
  David Degelin

The photo is a hymn to solitude — the kind that does not wound, but heals. In the silence of the deserted night beach, beauty emerges not in grandeur, but in stillness. It is the solitude of listening — to the waves, to the pulse of the cosmos, to one’s own breath. The portrait becomes less about the figure and more about the space she inhabits: a contemplative realm where the boundaries between self and universe dissolve. Starring Naomi Ibie.

I'm a photographer with a focus on portrait, street, and fine-art photography, and photography is my way of dealing with the world, people, stories, places, experiences. Photography is a therapeutic activity for me in a way, a survival strategy. I use light and shadow to capture what I feel, rather than what I see, and what I feel always takes precedence over what I see in what I do. I'm intrigued by the beauty of solitude, of people and places and in my work, this theme plays a dominant role.