Brighton Swimming Club 2014 to Present
I’ve been documenting Brighton swimming club as member since 2003. Some members of of the club swim in the sea all year round not matter the weather. The way I shoot in and around the water fundamentally changed in 2013 when I got an Olympus OM-D EM-5, before this I was shooting on an 80’s Nikonos V film camera. In it’s day the Nikonos was considered the best underwater camera system but it was not quite cutting it in the 21st century. With the Nikonos I was limited to just 36 shots for each swimming session but with digital I was able do much more and shot in darker conditions. The images below were shot between December 2013 – November 2015. You can see my older swimming pictures here, I also have a sets of Brighton Swimming Club members in the snow and Brighton Christmas day swims.

Eileen along with a few other members of Brighton Swimming Club will dive under the pier at low tide when visibility is good to collect dropped coins. It's on unusual for them to collect up to £20 in coins - August 2015

Shoichi "Swishing". Some of the member's of Brighton Swimming with primitive bamboo fishing rods. In an hours swim they can catch 5 - 20 fish. June 2014

Ladies of Brighton Swimming Club standing on a sunken barge. On ceton certain low tides it's possible to stand on an sunken badge which is level with the head of the Brighton Pier. August 2015

Walking to the West Pier. On certain low tides Brighton Swimming Club Members will walk to the old West Pier and then swim back to Brighton Pier with the tide. August 2014

Taken on the Brighton Christmas day swim 2014. The Brighton Christmas day swim is not organised by anyone, it’s just traditionally happened every Christmas day at 11am. See more of my Brighton Christmas Day swimming photos here.

Dave Sawyers at Low tide, occasionally on very low tides a old victorian sewer pipe is exposed on the beach. March 2015

Martina letting waves wash over her. When it's high tide and really rough it can be difficult to get out of the sea. Best way to avoid being stuck in the sea is to not go in, That does not mean you can't get wet though. October 2014
Overview
Swimming Club 2014 to 2016
Brighton i360
Brighton i360 Construction
Street Style Montage Portraits
Mass participation sporting events
Brighton Starling Murmurations
Brighton Swimming Club Pre 2013
Party time!
Lomogaphy (taken with Lomo LCA)
O2 Guru Brighton weekender
Sunday Times festival guide
Dr Martens lookbooks
Burning Man 2005
Brighton Christmas day swims
Swimming in the snow
Low Down
Bramptons Butchers
Aardman Animation
BFI Archive Berkhamsted
LFO: The Lost and Found Orchestra
Lewes Bonfire Celebrations