By the Sea

A row of red cabanas perched high above the water's edge...a lone wooden chair standing sentinel on a deserted beach...gentle mounds of sand striated by the shadows of a wooden fence...a distant lighthouse thrusting upward behind a rugged boulder...these are the rich, evocative images of Robert Farber's By the Sea.
Like the Impressionists a century before, Farber creates textured vignettes that capture timeless, intimate moments. Sharply attuned to the human affinity for the ocean, he uses his art to explore the many facets of that environment, forcing the viewer to observe the seashore with different eyes than before.
However meaningful, Farber's impressions are not the only statements to grace the pages of By the Sea. Throughout the book, the images are enhanced by the handwritten thoughts and comments of sixty people whose lives have been touched in some way by the sea. From Anne Bancroft and Whoopi Goldberg to a lifeguard at Malibu, from Erte and Yoko Ono to an innkeeper in Mexico, their eloquence transforms this book from a collection of exceptional photographs to an homage to one of the most enduring relationships in nature: the bond between people and the sea.