Silhouette Against Mysterious and Foreboding Landscapes by Nicol

Black-and-white photographs from the coast of Washington. In one, a figure stands balanced on the tops of two thick timber posts driven into wet sand, a vehicle and small groups sitting far back in the haze.

In the other, a lone figure faces the surf while a mass of birds fills the sky above the horizon, a small signpost standing to the right. Nicolas Bouvier places himself in the frame and lets the scale carry the scene.