This piece was chosen/minted for Le Reve exhibit in Paris 2023.

The world seems to fall away when I take my hearing aids out, put on my 5/4mm wetsuit and swim in the frigid seas of Washington with a Sony camera.

Relying mostly on visual cues, I aspire to capture a different sea, in a different way. The ocean here feels dense and like a dark, mysterious force. While there aren't waves that break here, the sea still has its moods.

Part of this beautiful process is not knowing exactly what I've captured until I get home and slow all the 120 fps footage to 15%. From there, the idiosyncrasies of dynamic seconds are revealed.

Elemental Symphony is a few fleeting seconds of a beautiful dance of cold seas and warm suns.