Between Us and the Sea was photographed in Mollymook, a small coastal town on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Sunrise and sunset are among the quietest and most transformative moments by the sea. As light emerges from the horizon or slowly fades away, the tide comes and goes. People walk, run, fish, take their dogs along the shore, spend time with their children, or simply stand alone facing the ocean.

My intention was not to photograph the grandeur of the sea itself, but to observe the small and often unnoticed relationships between people and the ocean.

In Australia, the beach is more than a landscape; it is part of everyday life. People come without necessarily having somewhere to go. Some run, some wait, some walk towards the waves, while others simply stop. There is space between people, yet they share the same ocean, the same light, and the same slowly passing time.

In these photographs, the human figure is often small, sometimes reduced to little more than a silhouette. The ocean, sand, tide and sky occupy much of the frame. This sense of scale is intentional. Standing before the sea, we become more conscious of our own place within a world far larger than ourselves.

Between Us and the Sea is about these ordinary and fleeting moments—the distance between people and nature, the distance between one another, and our brief, quiet presence within a vast world.