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Issue 01 · Stillness — Heligoland · 2025

North Sea, Winter

The sea as weather, the horizon as a discipline.

Photographs by Mara Voss

Force 7 from the northwest. The ferry did not sail.
Force 7 from the northwest. The ferry did not sail.Photo: Rembrandt · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Harbour wall, third attempt. The first two rolls drowned.
Harbour wall, third attempt. The first two rolls drowned.Photo: B.Hawkins.Cornwall · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A gap in the weather, eleven minutes long.
A gap in the weather, eleven minutes long.Photo: Dupont66 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The horizon, finally still.
The horizon, finally still.Photo: Paul Christian B. Yang-ed · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
— End of story —
Where
Heligoland, North Sea54.18°, 7.88°
The photographer

Mara Voss

Mara's subject is weather — the sea in winter, mountains in cloud. She prints everything by hand and distrusts any image that looks finished on the first pass.

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