M. Benembarek
Monolith I - a weathered square lighthouse tower on a jagged rocky outcrop, its peeling facade against an overcast sea

Various

Monoliths

Weathered concrete towers, eroded pillars, and abandoned industrial remnants - each held against sea or sky and stripped to light, shadow, and form. Photographed in black and white, where the monolith stands as a quiet argument between human construction and the patience of the elements.

The series

The series

Monoliths

About the series

Monoliths is a study in solitary form. A lighthouse gone dark, a row of pillars eaten by salt, a single drum framed in shadow - each image removes the scene's context until only the object and the light remain. What interests me is the surface: the peeling paint, the pitted aggregate, the rust that records decades of weather as texture.

Photographed in various places, in available light, in black and white.