djsat2Jun 29, 2025
#spurnpoint #humberestuary
Willie RobbSep 17, 2023
Another still from Longshore Drift, 2018. I was commissioned by the festival to produce a short film exploring Kilnsea and Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber: http://www.willierobb.com/longshore-drift.html
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Longshore Drift (2018) by Willie Robb

Artwaves Festival at Bridlington Spa, East Riding of Yorkshire brings together a diverse range of Traditional, Digital, Contemporary and Urban art through a vibrant programme of activities, workshops, exhibitions. I was commissioned by the festival to produce a short film exploring Kilnsea and Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber. On my first visit to Spurn Point in July 2017 I was immediately struck by the area’s beauty, history, topography and strange geography. I instantly wanted to embrace and share the experience somehow so creating a film that was less documentary and more emotive exploration seemed like the most opportune way. The project evolved throughout subsequent visits and I began to fixate on the crumbling military fortifications and rapidly eroding coastline. Longshore Drift is a cyclical, looping film that follows a lone figure throughout the course of a day. The remnants of a war that ended 100 years ago form the backdrop to this contemplative piece that hints at current global affairs and seeks to question the notion of remembrance.

Photographer / Artist Willie Robb's project Longshore Drift (2018)
Willie RobbSep 14, 2023
A still from Longshore Drift, 2018: http://www.willierobb.com/longshore-drift.html
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#artfilm #art #videoart #bridlington #digitalart #installationart #projectionart #publicartwork #popupart #Bridlingtonspa #spurnpoint #spurn #longshoredrift #artwaves #artfestival #artexhibition #artinstallations #eastyorkshirecoast #eastridingofyorkshire #artfestival #eastyorkshire #artgallery #artist
Longshore Drift (2018) by Willie Robb

Artwaves Festival at Bridlington Spa, East Riding of Yorkshire brings together a diverse range of Traditional, Digital, Contemporary and Urban art through a vibrant programme of activities, workshops, exhibitions. I was commissioned by the festival to produce a short film exploring Kilnsea and Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber. On my first visit to Spurn Point in July 2017 I was immediately struck by the area’s beauty, history, topography and strange geography. I instantly wanted to embrace and share the experience somehow so creating a film that was less documentary and more emotive exploration seemed like the most opportune way. The project evolved throughout subsequent visits and I began to fixate on the crumbling military fortifications and rapidly eroding coastline. Longshore Drift is a cyclical, looping film that follows a lone figure throughout the course of a day. The remnants of a war that ended 100 years ago form the backdrop to this contemplative piece that hints at current global affairs and seeks to question the notion of remembrance.

Photographer / Artist Willie Robb's project Longshore Drift (2018)
Willie RobbSep 7, 2023
From Zeebrugge, 2018 from European Ferries:
http://www.willierobb.com/europeanferries.html
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#documentaryphotography #documentary #ferry #european #brexit #landscapephotography #landscape #seascape #seascapephotography #seascapes #waves #oceanphotography #sunrise #dawn #kilnsea #spurnpoint #nikond810 #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikonphoto
European Ferries by Lewes based Artist and Photographer Willie Robb

European Ferries is a body of sixteen images I made in response to the 2016 referendum. I live about ten miles from the South Coast and, on hearing the resulting vote I felt an urge to go down to the beach. Newhaven in East Sussex has long operated a connecting ferry to Dieppe, France which happened to be arriving as I stood on the surrounding clay and chalk cliffs (See From Dieppe). Transmarche’s yellow boat punctuated the predominantly blue palette. The scene filled me with romance initially. My thoughts then turned to the paradoxical notions that a visit to the coast can evoke. There is a potential to reach out, to engage with those that live beyond the horizon. Conversely there is a threat, an ingrained concern of invasion. This chance observation led me to seek out and photograph European ferries arriving at Britain’s coastline. Physically the images depict historical links connecting the UK to its current continent, a situation that may or may not change. Metaphorically the photographs consider horizons and Britain’s divisive cultural attitude towards them.

European Ferries
Willie RobbSep 6, 2023
A still from Longshore Drift, 2018, a short film I was commissioned to make by Art Waves Festival exploring Kilnsea and Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber. http://www.willierobb.com/longshore-drift.html
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#artfilm #art #videoart #bridlington #digitalart #installationart #projectionart #publicartwork #popupart #Bridlingtonspa #spurnpoint #spurn #longshoredrift #artwaves #artfestival #artexhibition #artinstallations #eastyorkshirecoast #eastridingofyorkshire #artfestival #eastyorkshire #artgallery #artist
Longshore Drift (2018) by Willie Robb

Artwaves Festival at Bridlington Spa, East Riding of Yorkshire brings together a diverse range of Traditional, Digital, Contemporary and Urban art through a vibrant programme of activities, workshops, exhibitions. I was commissioned by the festival to produce a short film exploring Kilnsea and Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber. On my first visit to Spurn Point in July 2017 I was immediately struck by the area’s beauty, history, topography and strange geography. I instantly wanted to embrace and share the experience somehow so creating a film that was less documentary and more emotive exploration seemed like the most opportune way. The project evolved throughout subsequent visits and I began to fixate on the crumbling military fortifications and rapidly eroding coastline. Longshore Drift is a cyclical, looping film that follows a lone figure throughout the course of a day. The remnants of a war that ended 100 years ago form the backdrop to this contemplative piece that hints at current global affairs and seeks to question the notion of remembrance.

Photographer / Artist Willie Robb's project Longshore Drift (2018)
Domino JoyceJul 11, 2023
We had an @EvoHull day out at #SpurnPoint today. iNaturalist will be seeing some action. Tonnes of #lepidoptera, deer, lizards, dead starry smooth hound, and at the end a seal which I took a wonderful picture of and will now share with you.
Roger CarterApr 10, 2023
On Spurn Point. Always amazes me how vast and diverse the Yorkshire landscape is.
#spurnpoint #sea #eastyorkshire #yorkshire