The result of a Conservatoire du Littoral commission, the series Rivages de Charente travels the facets of this fragile strip of land touching the sea, wedged between steep southern Brittany and the Gironde estuaries, the natural processes of this maritime life, freshwater marshes, mudflats, cliffs, dunes and beaches, unveiled in a striking "over-brightness"; a horizon line cutting the image in two frames troubled skies that vibrate with the tide, the human figure absent here though its presence and passage can be guessed, the book inviting a slow meditation, a more contemplative approach, a sustained attention to things.