Simon Fowler

For the last 5 years I have been focusing my photography on the estuary, on the way it carves out the landscape and the activities preformed on it. My images are about the changing contours and weather patterns, and people that work and live on the estuary as the tide ebbs and flows.

I generally walk all along the North coast from Benfleet to Foulness, and on occasion along the South side of the riverbank, around the Isle of Grain and up to Margate.

In the last couple of years I have undertaken various trips, including visits to structures such as the Maunsell Sea Forts and SEALAND, which gave me the opportunity to photograph and document these incredible pieces of architecture, which have become landmarks of the estuary.

I have also have been included in activities such as sailing out to the outer parameters of the estuary to Kentish Knock -recognized as the furthest marker of the boundary with the North Sea, and travelling through the wind farms scattered around the high sands. Additionally, I have taken part in events such as the Thames barge races, and a fabulous 2 day trip on a cockle boat from Leigh-on-Sea.

In the last year I have been working very closely with the writer Rachel Lichtenstein illustrating her ne...