Nick Pumphrey has been photographing the Cornish sea since his teens – here, he reflects on what keeps drawing him back. First light in the sea is, and always will be, prime time for me. In the morning, you feel the cold in the air and in the water. The light is blue, and the sounds are soft and minimal. Those initial photographs hold all of these qualities – the cold, the quiet, the calm. The surface mirrors what is above, with pinks, purples and reds bleeding into an endless palette of blue.