SEE YOU DRECKLY

Ongoing project - started 2021

"Dreckly" is a Cornish dialect word meaning "directly," but in practice, it signifies "soon," "later," or "at some point in the future…”

An older couple leaning against a rusted metal railing on a sunlit concrete path, looking out over the turquoise waters of Swanpool Bay in Falmouth, Cornwall. A dark, moody rain cloud hangs over the green headland in the distance, by Matthew Morgan.

Exploring my relationship with Cornwall through photography, memory, and return. Started in 2021, the work reflects on the changing nature of familiarity: how places shape identity over time, and how revisiting them can feel both intimate and uncertain.

The work looks at Cornwall not as a fixed idea or romantic landscape, but as somewhere I lived, love and remember.

A black-and-white photograph of three young people fishing from a stone harbor wall in Flushing. Two long fishing rods are silhouetted against a cloudy sky, pointing toward a harbor filled with sailing boats, while one boy in a dark hoodie wipes his
Two women stand with their backs to the camera on a rocky, lichen-covered granite outcrop at Porthcurno. They are looking out at a calm, hazy sea that meets a pale purple and grey sky, with a narrow dirt path leading through green turf in the foregro
A festive interior scene at The Arwenack Club in Falmouth; a man in a bucket hat and sunglasses smiles while dancing, surrounded by others with their arms raised. Colorful bunting hangs from the ceiling, and red disco lights flare across the room, by
A group of men stand drinking beer in reusable plastic cups on a sunny day outside the St Mawes Hotel. In the background, white sailing boats sit on the calm blue water of the Falmouth estuary under a cloudy sky, with a close-up, blurred face of a ma
An elderly woman, Mrs. P, wearing a red beanie, blue patterned fleece, and pink trousers, leans against a large, hand-drawn '20 mph' sign on a wooden stake. She is standing on a cobbled corner next to the Chapel Rock Cafe in Marazion, Cornwall, under
A person wearing green wellington boots walks away from the camera down a light-colored metal pier, carrying a large inflated black and grey boat over their head. The calm Fal River stretches out before them toward green, wooded hills under a bright,
A crowded, low-ceilinged bar interior at Small Ships, Falmouth, filled with people dancing with their hands in the air. Warm string lights and a disco ball hang from the dark ceiling next to a white projector, creating a high-energy, candid atmospher
A black-and-white photograph of a simple, cross-shaped wooden signpost without text, standing in the grassy verge of a narrow, winding road near St Just. Low stone walls line the road as it leads toward a misty hill or tor in the distance, by Matthew
A night-time flash photograph of two women walking on the dark sands of Swanpool Beach, Falmouth, after a swim. One woman on the left wears a colorful floral swimsuit, while the woman on the right wears a blue swimsuit with a puffin pattern. The back
A high-angle, candid shot of a red tent on dry grass at Boardmasters Festival; bare feet and legs in orange shorts poke out from the tent opening next to a pair of dirty white Nike sneakers. The ground is littered with empty cardboard boxes of Thatch
A grainy, atmospheric night shot of a massive crowd at Boardmasters Festival in Newquay. Countless people are cheering with their hands in the air under a string of glowing warm lights, while a tall, blue-lit fairground ride towers in the background
A humorous, cropped documentary shot of an older man's legs standing on a blue plastic tarp on a concrete path at Greenbank, Falmouth. He is wearing small cream-colored swimming trunks and has a white towel draped over his shoulder, with a pair of br
A wide-angle shot from a grassy hill looking down at a concrete path by the water at Greenbank, Falmouth. An older man with white hair, wearing only white swimming trunks, walks toward the water past a stone fountain and a pink lifebuoy station. The
A stark black-and-white portrait of a young man, Finlay Cummins, sitting shirtless on a white unmade bed in a brightly lit room. He has a beard, short hair, and numerous tattoos across his chest and arms, including a small bison. His left wrist is wr
A grainy, high-contrast black-and-white photograph of a person from behind, wearing a full black wetsuit and booties. They are standing on a dark beach with their hands on their head, looking toward a single thin line of white foam from a wave breaki
A long line of men in matching pink 'Four Lords Lads on Tour 2021' t-shirts and red floral Hawaiian shirts descend the steep, narrow stone staircase of Jacob's Ladder in Falmouth. The scene is framed by high concrete walls with graffiti and narrow al
A high-angle vista of Kynance Cove in Cornwall, showing vibrant turquoise waves with white sea foam washing onto a pale sandy beach. Dark, jagged rock formations rise from the sand, and several small figures and dogs are scattered across the shore, f
A candid, high-energy shot inside SkyBar, St Agnes, under a saturated red and green ceiling. Two shirtless men are dancing in the crowd, one with his arm raised holding a blue plastic cup, while other festival-goers look on in a dimly lit, crowded at
A grainy black-and-white close-up of a young man with wavy hair wearing dark rectangular sunglasses and a collared shirt. In the dark, blurred background, another person with glasses is captured mid-shout with an ecstatic expression during a performa
A dynamic, medium-wide shot of several people in colorful winter gear, including a yellow raincoat, a red hooded jacket, and a blue parka, walking up a rough stone path at Kynance Cove. In the background, white-washed coastal buildings sit at the bas
An older man with a neatly groomed white beard, round glasses, and a grey herringbone flat cap sits on a weathered wooden beam at St Ives harbor. He is wearing a formal grey three-piece suit, a dark tie, and burgundy socks with black boots, with a ta
A high-angle shot looking down at five people in black wetsuits floating and swimming in deep, clear blue-green water at Swanpool, Falmouth. Sunlight creates ripples and bright reflections on the surface, while small pink wildflowers grow on a rocky
A black-and-white photograph of charred, leafless gorse branches twisting across a dark, dry cliffside in Zennor. The tangled, skeletal wood dominates the foreground, leading toward a soft, grey sea in the upper third of the frame, by Matthew Morgan.