SUBMISSION: Horseshoe Crab I by Lisa Allen

"I am a primarily self-taught American photographer who began taking photos at the age of 11. My work has been shown in several exhibitions including the Center for Fine Art Photography, Touchstone Gallery, theprintspace, Juraplatz pop-up exhibition, Melrose Lightspace, Verizon Gallery, and Frisco Gallery. I shot this series on Assateague Island, Virginia, an island known for its native wild horses. I was struck by the stark, almost desert-like look of the beach. A powerful storm had hit the night before and the beach was strewn with washed up shells of horseshoe crabs, a species undergoing great decline in recent years. Wide swaths of beach appeared untouched and untainted by people. Simultaneously, the horseshoe crab shells served as a reminder of the fragility of nature. The austere beauty of the beach brought on feelings of isolation and loneliness; these images mean to embody those feelings through the use of single subjects, found items, and shadows." See more of Lisa's work at www.lisaallenphoto.com