Where The Flow Ends

From an aerial perspective, the Severn Estuary unfolds as a liminal space where the boundaries between the natural and the industrial blur into one another. Sweeping views reveal a landscape caught in perpetual negotiation, where the stark geometry of smokestacks and factories juts sharply against the fluid, shifting currents of the river. The estuary, with its ever-changing tides, becomes a mirror, reflecting both the sky and the weight of human intervention.

Here, the land seems to breathe with a strange tension: vast, engineered structures rise and fall like monuments to progress, yet they stand vulnerable against the relentless encroachment of water and earth. The horizon, a delicate balance of steel and sediment, speaks of both permanence and fragility. In this collision of elements, there’s a quiet dialogue—an uneasy coexistence—where nature and industry converge in a muted dance of transformation. From above, the estuary becomes less a place and more a metaphor for the ways in which human ambition seeks to harness, and yet is always shaped by, the forces of the natural world.

– This series is part of a collective project curated with Mass Collective as a collaboration between eight photographers documenting the impact of human intervention on the British bodies of water.