Arniston Stories

A photographic series capturing the quiet resilience, heritage, and rhythms of life in the coastal village of Arniston (Waenhuiskrans), South Africa.

Framed by windswept dunes and the restless ocean, Arniston is a village shaped by centuries of tide and tradition. Its roots stretch deep into the history of fishing families, limestone cottages, and the enduring craft of survival by the sea. Life here moves with the rhythms of nature — the pull of the tide, the salt in the air, and the stories passed down along weathered doorsteps. These photographs draw on textures of sand and stone, the silhouettes of boats returning at dusk, and the traces of a community bound to its coast. Arniston does not reveal itself at once; it offers fragments of beauty and memory, slowly, to those who linger.