Underwater New York

Adrian Kinloch at Coney Island Creek

Adrian Kinloch, UNY’s intrepid designer, goes back again and again to Coney Island Creek, where his lens finds treasure among the reeds and rotten drift. Adrian’s work at Coney Island Creek is integral to the visual identity of Underwater New York, as he explains here:

“The look I created for Underwater New York developed from my photographic work along the littered, muculent edge of Coney Island Creek. Cracked and faded fiberglass, rusted  rivets, shards of old boats, the creek water—all of these colors, textures, and layers of history became design elements. Returning visitors to the Underwater New York website will notice that the graphics will rust over and decay before being restored.”

We ourselves will be returning visitors to Coney Island Creek, and after seeing Adrian’s work, we’re guessing you just might want to go searching for stories there, too. Or you can create stories for the objects in his photographs. Either way, be sure to tell us if you do!

Abandoned Buoy by Adrian Kinloch

Flying Fish Washed Ashore by Adrian Kinloch

An Island Growing from a Submerged Barge by Adrian Kinloch

White Boat by Adrian Kinloch

About the Artist

Adrian Kinloch, UNY’s designer, has been taking photographs since age seven, when his grandfather gave him a 1930s folding-bellows Kodak camera. He grew up in Suffolk, England, and has degrees in visual art and third-world development from Staffordshire University. Adrian currently lives and works in Brooklyn as a graphic designer and photographer. His pictures run regularly in The Brooklyn Paper and have also appeared in New York Magazine, O Magazine, and on BBC.com. He also maintains the photo blog Brit in Brooklyn.

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