North Step. Captured at Newcastle Baths, this frame looks north along the concrete steps where the routine is simple and unchanged, swim, dry off, sit in the sun, repeat. Towels draped over edges, salt drying on skin, quiet conversations breaking up the sound of the ocean below.
I like this angle because it’s not about the water itself, but the pause that happens around it. It’s the other half of the baths, the resting place, the in-between space. Paired with South Step, the two images read like a single scene split in half, showing both sides of the same rhythm.
A familiar view for anyone who’s spent time here, and a reminder that some places don’t need reinventing, they just need to be noticed.
