Alinora Avenue

A quiet stretch of the English coast, where the salt air carries the scent of roses over low garden walls and the streets curve gently toward the sea. These photographs are drawn from small seaside towns, but together they make up a single imagined place, a place of neat bungalows, hanging baskets, and afternoon sun on painted fences.

The name Alinora is borrowed from a real street in Goring-by-Sea, said to be named for the daughters of a former landowner. It’s a name with roots in the place, yet it feels like it could belong anywhere, a reminder that the streets in this work are at once real and imagined.

Here, life moves slowly. You notice the sway of a washing line, the way palm shadows fall across a cream wall, the symmetry of houses kept with quiet pride. Alinora Avenue is less about one street than about the memory of many, a warm, lingering portrait of coastal suburbia at its most serene.

Three small white beach huts with colorful trim and labeled with numbers, situated near tall, golden grass and bushes under a clear blue sky.
A suburban neighborhood with single-story houses, a large palm tree, pink hydrangea flowers in a flowerbed, and a clear blue sky.
White picket fence with blooming pink and white roses in front of a house with a brown roof and blue and white walls.
A white house with a blue and white striped awning over the window, pink and white flower baskets hanging on either side, a small garden with bushes and plants in front, and a brick wall along the sidewalk.
A window with a blue and white striped awning, a hanging basket of pink flowers on a beige wall, and a small palm plant casting shadows.
Four white beach huts with gray roofs and long shadows, located near a beach with rocks and sea in the background.
A pink house with a gabled roof and large window, surrounded by flowering plants, under a clear sky.
Shadows of palm leaves cast on a white wall in a sunny outdoor setting, with a person walking near the horizon and a glimpse of blue sky and ocean.
Front view of a two-story brick house with a small garden and tall palm trees in the yard.
Exterior view of a house with a tiled roof, a balcony with a white balustrade, and two blue planters with pink flowers. Brick wall and paved ground are also visible.
A white house with a red tile roof, surrounded by pink roses in the foreground, and a decorative wrought iron fence at the bottom.
Modern multi-story cream-colored building with curved balconies and black-framed windows, surrounded by plants and leading up to a glass door entrance.
White bungalow house with tiled roof, surrounded by plants and trees, and a paved walkway in the front.
A garden with various plants and flowers, including a large reddish-brown succulent on the left, palm-like trees, and colorful blooming bushes, bordered by a brick wall, under a clear sky with a streetlamp and distant buildings.
A white two-story house with a rounded bay window, front door with heart-shaped wreath, potted plants, a palm tree, garden bed with flowers, and a gravel yard under a clear sky.