Île de Ré — Between Salt, Sea and Sky
A photographic journey through the quiet landscapes and living world of the Atlantic coast
Île de Ré is a place shaped by light, water and time. Salt marshes stretch towards the horizon, wildlife moves quietly between land and sea, and the Atlantic constantly redraws the edge of the island.
This album brings together photographs made while wandering through these changing landscapes — from the geometry and colours of the salt marshes to birds, small forms of life, long exposures by the ocean and the night sky above the Phare des Baleines.
Thirty years after my first visit, I returned with a different way of looking: less interested in capturing a place than in taking the time to notice what it reveals.
The story behind the photographs
More than thirty years after my first visit to Île de Ré, I returned with a different way of looking. From the salt marshes and their wildlife to the Atlantic coast and night sky, this journey became a reflection on photography, patience and the art of paying attention.
First Light
Colours of the Marsh
The Salt Worker
Black-tailed Godwit — In the Shallows
Black-tailed Godwits — Gathering
Black-tailed Godwit — Among the Colours
Black-tailed Godwit — Marshland
Black-tailed Godwit — Still Waters
Black-tailed Godwit — Touching Down
Black-tailed Godwit — Reflection
Common Kestrel — On Watch
Common Kestrel — Portrait
Great Cormorants — Together
Great Cormorant — Wings to the Sun
Northern Lapwing — Quiet Reflection
Northern Lapwing — Among the Marshes
Ruddy Turnstone — Searching the Shore
Ruddy Turnstones — Island Gathering
Ruddy Turnstone — At the Water’s Edge
Ruddy Turnstone — A Call from the Shore
Towards the Atlantic
Facing the Ocean
Atlantic Stillness
A Small World
Three
Suspended
Last Light at Les Baleines
Atlantic Beacon
Under the Stars
Beneath the Milky Way