For the second time in June, our Rockaway Beach community came together to show solidarity and commitment to peaceful protests against police injustice in the world. Surfers paddled out in unison as the rest of the community, holding BLM signs and chanting no justice, no peace, cheered them on from the beach.
Riley is an outdoor photographer and award-winning writer based on the East Coast. Embracing the Atlantic Ocean as a natural backdrop for much of her work, Riley documents coastal living in New York City. Shooting on land and in the water creates space for unique images: whales and dolphins swimming with surfers, shorebirds raising their babies on the beaches, Osprey diving for fish, hurricane waves, and unmatched sunrise and sunset over the ocean. This rare side of NYC speaks to the wild nature of Riley’s photography.
