• images
  • video
  • prints
  • information
  • blog
  • contact us
  • Lightbox
  • Order
    0
  • My download orders
  • Reservations
  • Usage
  • my account
  • Register
  • latest
  • galleries
  • stories
  • prints
  • latest
  • showreels
  • galleries
  • about us
  • conservation
  • help
  • pricing
  • galleries
  • stories
  • new contributors
  • news
  • stories
  • video
  • photographers
  • natural inspiration
  • conservation
  • Sign in
  • Naturepl French
    Search tips
    options
    Search
    close
    • Search tips
    • Return to results
    • latest
    • Media
    • Collections
    • Royalty Free
    • Footage Resolution
    Feature Stories
    • Animal Illusions
    • Big Cat, Little Cat
    • Brain Waves
    • Footprints in the Water
    • Ghosts of the Galápagos
    • Gorilla Guardians
    • Little Leopards
    • Miracle Grass
    • Misleading Animal Names
    • Mushroom Magic
    • Night Ocean
    • Panda Twins
    • Pretty in Pink
    • Quarantined with a Fox
    • Shaped by the Sea
    • Shark Nursery
    • Studies in Slime
    • The Changing Face of the Arctic
    • The Night Gardeners
    • Water Babies
    • Wildlife ER
    • Wombat Rescue
    • A Heart for Hedgehogs
    • After Hours
    • Aliens of the Deep
    • An Appetite for Life
    • Animal Architecture
    • Animal Athletes
    • Animal Blunders
    • Animal Thieves
    • Badgers: Cull or Cure?
    • Baikal
    • Bat Hospital
    • Bat Rescue
    • Beauty in the Beast
    • Beewolf
    • Bird Rainbow
    • Black Panther
    • Budgie Boom
    • Burn Scars
    • Chasing Paradise
    • Creating a Reef
    • Creatures from the Deep
    • Dances with Damselflies
    • Dancing Polar Bear!
    • Elephant Orphans
    • Enchanted by Owls
    • Eyes of the Orangutan
    • Frogzilla
    • Ghost of the Mountain
    • Helping Swifts
    • Horse Adoption
    • I'm All Ears!
    • I've Got Down Syndrome - So What?! I'm a Photographer!
    • Iceland
    • Iceland Eruption April 2021
    • In Pursuit of the Red Squirrel
    • In the Company of Pine Martens
    • La Palma volcano eruption
    • Living with Volcanoes
    • Lord of the Wings
    • Masters of the Light
    • Meet the Meerkats!
    • Mission: TIGER
    • Nanotags
    • Nature's Jewels
    • Night Life
    • Private Eye
    • Private life of the sloth bear
    • Protecting Pangolins
    • Rabbit Island
    • Raising Hares
    • Reclamation Yard
    • Reef Visions
    • Reindeer Festival
    • Saving the Ethiopian Wolf
    • Seal Hospital
    • Sloth Sanctuary
    • Social Squirrel
    • SOS Seabirds
    • Spiralling Towards Extinction
    • Spirit of the Sahara
    • Tales from Chobe
    • The Aww Factor
    • The Glory of Gannets
    • The Hamsters of Alsace
    • The Life Aquatic
    • The Nutcracker
    • The Plastic Problem
    • The Real Rudolph
    • The Secret World of Wild Honey Bees
    • The Tuna Herders
    • Tigers of Kanha
    • Winter Warmers
     
    HomeGalleries- StoriesFeature Stories

    Shaped by the Sea51

    More files...
    Europe’s Atlantic coastline consists of a mix of coastal landscapes, including fjords, deltas, cliffs of all shapes and sizes, plus all sorts of sand and pebble beaches. Despite the many differences, the influence of the Atlantic and a coastal climate are clearly visible wherever you look.

    Over three years, Theo Bosboom visited and photographed more than fifty beaches in nine different countries to showcase the diversity of landscapes and geographical features that make up the Atlantic coast. ‘Some of my earliest childhood memories are of the sea and the beach,’ he says. ‘It is still in me. I too, have been shaped by the sea.’

    Download our full story PDF, including text, here.

    Show textHide text
    • 12
    • 24
    • 36
    • 48
    • 60
    • 72
    • 96
    • Layout
    • page of 2
    • Thumbnails
    • Slide show
    • Download PDF
    • Add to lightbox
    • Add to order
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of patterns of receding waves, Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Spain. April 2018
    01621425
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of patterns of receding waves, Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Spain. April 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Rocks and sea stacks in the surf at Playa del Silencio in Asturias on the Northwest coast of Spain. May 2015
    01621454
    Theo Bosboom / Rocks and sea stacks in the surf at Playa del Silencio in Asturias on the Northwest coast of Spain. May 2015
    Theo Bosboom / Seastar (Asteroidea) washed up at low tide at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, UK, October.
    01621439
    Theo Bosboom / Seastar (Asteroidea) washed up at low tide at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, UK, October.
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful slate rock with sand patterns, Playa de las Cathedrales in Galicia, Northwest Spain. November 2017
    01621412
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful slate rock with sand patterns, Playa de las Cathedrales in Galicia, Northwest Spain. November 2017
    Theo Bosboom / Mud and water channels at low tide between the beaches of Seilebost and Luskentyre, Lewis and Harris, Scotland. February 2018
    01621440
    Theo Bosboom / Mud and water channels at low tide between the beaches of Seilebost and Luskentyre, Lewis and Harris, Scotland. February 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Empty shell of Common limpet (Patella vulgata) after it was taken of a rock, opened and eaten by a seabird. Bosta beach, Lewis, Scotland. February 2018
    01621443
    Theo Bosboom / Empty shell of Common limpet (Patella vulgata) after it was taken of a rock, opened and eaten by a seabird. Bosta beach, Lewis, Scotland. February 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Seaweed in tide pool, Mangurstadh Beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, October. Highly commended in the Creative Visions category of Wildlife photographer of the year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2018.
    01608923
    Theo Bosboom / Seaweed in tide pool, Mangurstadh Beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, October. Highly commended in the Creative Visions category of Wildlife photographer of the year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2018.
    Theo Bosboom / Winter sunsrise at Seilebost beach, Isle of Harris, Scotland. February 2018
    01621437
    Theo Bosboom / Winter sunsrise at Seilebost beach, Isle of Harris, Scotland. February 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Powerful waves rolling in at the Atlantic coast of Iceland near Dyrholey during a powerful winter storm. February 2016
    01621436
    Theo Bosboom / Powerful waves rolling in at the Atlantic coast of Iceland near Dyrholey during a powerful winter storm. February 2016
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of a snowy beach in the, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands.
    01621433
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of a snowy beach in the, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands.
    Theo Bosboom / Rock plates partly covered by sand, photographed on a beach near Aljezur, Alentejo region, Portugal. May.
    01621423
    Theo Bosboom / Rock plates partly covered by sand, photographed on a beach near Aljezur, Alentejo region, Portugal. May.
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful flysch rock formations photographed at Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Northwest Spain. June 2013.
    01621418
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful flysch rock formations photographed at Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Northwest Spain. June 2013.
    Theo Bosboom / Sea stacks consisting of flysch rock battered by the incoming tide, playa de Gueirua, Asturias, Northwest Spain. October 2015
    01621417
    Theo Bosboom / Sea stacks consisting of flysch rock battered by the incoming tide, playa de Gueirua, Asturias, Northwest Spain. October 2015
    Theo Bosboom / Extensive sand patterns created by a peat moor stream that flows into the sea at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland
    01621441
    Theo Bosboom / Extensive sand patterns created by a peat moor stream that flows into the sea at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland
    Theo Bosboom / Sand patterns created by receding waves, Quiberon, Brittany, France. August 2017
    01621415
    Theo Bosboom / Sand patterns created by receding waves, Quiberon, Brittany, France. August 2017
    Theo Bosboom / Jagged rock layers in the snow on a cold winters day at Persfjord, Varanger peninsual, Norway. These rocks are sedimentary rocks including mudstone, sandstones, dolomite and limestone. March 2017
    01621432
    Theo Bosboom / Jagged rock layers in the snow on a cold winters day at Persfjord, Varanger peninsual, Norway. These rocks are sedimentary rocks including mudstone, sandstones, dolomite and limestone. March 2017
    Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...
    01581251
    Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns of receding waves, photographed from a hill just after sunset at Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Spain. May 2015
    01621424
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns of receding waves, photographed from a hill just after sunset at Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Spain. May 2015
    Theo Bosboom / Giants Causeway at night, lit by full moon. County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Winner of the Landscapes Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.
    01581252
    Theo Bosboom / Giants Causeway at night, lit by full moon. County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Winner of the Landscapes Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.
    Theo Bosboom / Layers of colourful flysch rock partly covered with sand and with common limpets (patella vulgata) on several places, as photographed on Barinatxebeach in the Blibao region in Northeast Spain. April 2...
    01621414
    Theo Bosboom / Layers of colourful flysch rock partly covered with sand and with common limpets (patella vulgata) on several places, as photographed on Barinatxebeach in the Blibao region in Northeast Spain. April 2...
    Theo Bosboom / Detail of a piece of of kelp seaweed (Laminaria hyperborea) with snow and sand, as photographed on Bosta beach, Isle of LewisScotland, UK, February.
    01621450
    Theo Bosboom / Detail of a piece of of kelp seaweed (Laminaria hyperborea) with snow and sand, as photographed on Bosta beach, Isle of LewisScotland, UK, February.
    Theo Bosboom / Last rays of the sun through a hole in a Seastack with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. Sintra coast, Portugal, December
    01621453
    Theo Bosboom / Last rays of the sun through a hole in a Seastack with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. Sintra coast, Portugal, December
    Theo Bosboom / Sea snail (Trochidae family) scraping the rocks for algae, in a small tidal pool, near Aljezur, Portugal. May 2017
    01621426
    Theo Bosboom / Sea snail (Trochidae family) scraping the rocks for algae, in a small tidal pool, near Aljezur, Portugal. May 2017
    Theo Bosboom / Blue hour before sunrise over the dunes of Seilebost beach, Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland. February 2018.
    01621452
    Theo Bosboom / Blue hour before sunrise over the dunes of Seilebost beach, Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland. February 2018.
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns on Carrickfinn beach with sand and water mixed with tannin dyed water from peat stream. Donegal, Ireland, November.
    01621446
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns on Carrickfinn beach with sand and water mixed with tannin dyed water from peat stream. Donegal, Ireland, November.
    Theo Bosboom / Reflection of blue sky and hill Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, October 2016.
    01621445
    Theo Bosboom / Reflection of blue sky and hill Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, October 2016.
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful display of detached mixed seaweed, as photographed on the Snaefellsnes coast near Ondverdarnes lighthouse, West Iceland. May 2016.
    01621435
    Theo Bosboom / Colourful display of detached mixed seaweed, as photographed on the Snaefellsnes coast near Ondverdarnes lighthouse, West Iceland. May 2016.
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns of algae on a limestone rock with sand, White sands beach, Causeway coast, Northern Ireland. April 2016.
    01621442
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns of algae on a limestone rock with sand, White sands beach, Causeway coast, Northern Ireland. April 2016.
    Theo Bosboom / Granite rocks with algae and limpets at the wild Atlantic coast of Brittany near Quiberon, France. August 2017
    01621413
    Theo Bosboom / Granite rocks with algae and limpets at the wild Atlantic coast of Brittany near Quiberon, France. August 2017
    Theo Bosboom / Half frozen lagoon with a approaching blizzard, turning the sky dark blue, Iceland, February 2016.
    01621431
    Theo Bosboom / Half frozen lagoon with a approaching blizzard, turning the sky dark blue, Iceland, February 2016.
    Theo Bosboom / Rock formations and pebbles, Playa del Portizueleo, Luarca, Asturias, Northwest Spain. November 2016
    01621422
    Theo Bosboom / Rock formations and pebbles, Playa del Portizueleo, Luarca, Asturias, Northwest Spain. November 2016
    Theo Bosboom / Eyelash shaped tufts of grass in snow on beach, Saudarkrokur, Iceland. March. Winner of the Plants category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.
    01581250
    Theo Bosboom / Eyelash shaped tufts of grass in snow on beach, Saudarkrokur, Iceland. March. Winner of the Plants category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.
    Theo Bosboom / View from Bosta beach on the Bernera peninsula on the isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. February 2018
    01621451
    Theo Bosboom / View from Bosta beach on the Bernera peninsula on the isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. February 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Wave breaking in front of the two famous sea stacks Risin and Kellingin on the Faroe Islands. March 2018.
    01621427
    Theo Bosboom / Wave breaking in front of the two famous sea stacks Risin and Kellingin on the Faroe Islands. March 2018.
    Theo Bosboom / Winter landscape at Luskentyre beach, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, North Harris in the background. February 2018.
    01621444
    Theo Bosboom / Winter landscape at Luskentyre beach, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, North Harris in the background. February 2018.
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of Seilebost beach at low tide, Lewis and Harris, Scotland. February 2018.
    01621448
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of Seilebost beach at low tide, Lewis and Harris, Scotland. February 2018.
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of flysch rock layers at the edge of the ocean, as photographed on the beach of Liencres, Northern Spain. April 2018
    01621409
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of flysch rock layers at the edge of the ocean, as photographed on the beach of Liencres, Northern Spain. April 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Dragon shaped rock with green algae on the Amoreira beach, Aljezur, Alentejo region, Portugal. May 2017.
    01621411
    Theo Bosboom / Dragon shaped rock with green algae on the Amoreira beach, Aljezur, Alentejo region, Portugal. May 2017.
    Theo Bosboom / Rock hit by a wave at high tide. Cadavedo, Asturias, Northwest Spain. November 2016
    01621420
    Theo Bosboom / Rock hit by a wave at high tide. Cadavedo, Asturias, Northwest Spain. November 2016
    Theo Bosboom / Little waves in a tidal creek, photographed at the Sintra coast in West Portugal. December 2016
    01621419
    Theo Bosboom / Little waves in a tidal creek, photographed at the Sintra coast in West Portugal. December 2016
    Theo Bosboom / Sand patterns at sunrise, Praia da Adraga, Sintra, Portugal. December 2016
    01621416
    Theo Bosboom / Sand patterns at sunrise, Praia da Adraga, Sintra, Portugal. December 2016
    Theo Bosboom / Star shaped sand pattern as photographed at low tide at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, UK, October.
    01621438
    Theo Bosboom / Star shaped sand pattern as photographed at low tide at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, UK, October.
    Theo Bosboom / Snow covered jagged rocks with lichen along the coast of Varanger peninsula, close to the city of Vardo, Norway. February 2017.
    01621429
    Theo Bosboom / Snow covered jagged rocks with lichen along the coast of Varanger peninsula, close to the city of Vardo, Norway. February 2017.
    Theo Bosboom / Blizzard passes by the jagged rocks along the coast of Varanger peninsula, close to the city of Vard??icture taken at 26 February 2017.
    01621428
    Theo Bosboom / Blizzard passes by the jagged rocks along the coast of Varanger peninsula, close to the city of Vard??icture taken at 26 February 2017.
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of flysch rock layers at the edge of the ocean, as photographed on the beach of Liencres, Northern Spain. April 2018
    01621410
    Theo Bosboom / Aerial of flysch rock layers at the edge of the ocean, as photographed on the beach of Liencres, Northern Spain. April 2018
    Theo Bosboom / Slate rock covered with barnacles and Common limpets (Patella vulgata) Playa de las Cathedrales, Galicia, Northwest Spain. November 2016.
    01621421
    Theo Bosboom / Slate rock covered with barnacles and Common limpets (Patella vulgata) Playa de las Cathedrales, Galicia, Northwest Spain. November 2016.
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns on Carrickfinn beach with sand mixed with tannin dyed water from peat stream. Donegal, Ireland, November.
    01621447
    Theo Bosboom / Patterns on Carrickfinn beach with sand mixed with tannin dyed water from peat stream. Donegal, Ireland, November.
    Theo Bosboom / Sun rays through stormy clouds, and snow covered beach, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.
    01621430
    Theo Bosboom / Sun rays through stormy clouds, and snow covered beach, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.
    Next page
    • 12
    • 24
    • 36
    • 48
    • 60
    • 72
    • 96
    • page of 2