23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Waves - what is left

When a wave recedes, foam is left on the shore, representing the shape of the wave, like its skeleton. Beyond the line of foam, there is only sand and behind it a wave is coming. So the foam it's like an edge of what has passed away, and what is coming.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2025
Date Uploaded: 12.2025
Photo Location: San Vincenzo, Italy
Camera: NIKON D610
Copyright: © Fabio Marsala