Adrian Newcombe
Adrian Newcombe is a photographer based in Cork, Ireland. Over the last decade he’s been photographing the marine litter polluting our shorelines. He appreciates the way that black-and-white accentuates the textures of these seascapes and the plastic he finds there.
Photography
Plastiscenes
To show the impact of litter on what should be pristine beaches, I’ve been exploring a new way of processing my photographs: First, I take a traditional seascape. Then, using a transfer lift, I print it onto marine litter collected at the same location, usually on the same day.
March 2026
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