Since I was a boy, I have lived by the sea. Growing up on the south shore of Long Island, NY meant that the coast was only 15 minutes away but to me it always felt like too long of a drive. It could be the 'sweet air' as mountaineers call the oxygen rich air at sea level, regardless the song of the ocean siren is an undeniably powerful influence on me. In this gallery you'll experience why my love runs so deep - the calming, intense, vibrant and rugged stories as told by the place that the ocean meets the land.