With Australian residents currently staying at home, photographer and founder of Salty Wings, Jampal Williamson has captured Sydney's most iconic and popular beaches like you've never seen them before - completely empty.

A truly once in a lifetime moment captured in a collection of awe-inspiring photographs, Jampal Williamson said, “I wanted to capture Sydney's iconic beaches in their natural, untouched state. The result revealed a collection of eerily beautiful stills. A moment in time most of us will never forget.”

The suite of images show Australia's most iconic beaches - which are capable of drawing crowds in their thousands on any given day - in their most natural and surreal state.

Providing a uniquely Australian insight into the unprecedented time of Covid-19, the collection is juxtaposed with photos taken prior to self-isolation showing the stark difference between before and after Sydneysiders were encouraged to stay home. 

Captured in early April from a helicopter, the beaches captured in the shoot include:

• Bondi Beach
• Bronte Beach
• Clovelly Beach
• Tamarama Beach
• Coogee Beach
• Gordons Bay
• Manly Beach
• Maroubra Beach

Photographer Jampal hopes his shots capture a positive aspect of the current situation in Australia and showcase Sydney's incredible natural beauty. Having spent the start of 2020 travelling across Australia to photograph the Eastern coastline, Jampal made the decision to self-isolate in New South Wales after his home state of Western Australia announced it was closing its state border. 

A selection of the photos are now available to order as prints on the Salty Wings website with more images from the shoot scheduled to be made available in the coming week. 

About Salty Wings

Born out of a passion for documenting remote and unique seascapes, Salty Wings is a Fine Art Print photography brand which focuses on aerial only photography and creates unique abstract and alluring imagery. Made up of Jampal Williamson and Michael Goetze, the brand started as a passion project in 2016 and has evolved into a full-time business.

Today, Salty Wings is now considered industry leaders in the aerial space, using a combination of drones, helicopters and planes to capture coastlines throughout Australia and abroad. In 2017/18 Apple even purchased a selection of Salty Wings' images and used one of the images as the iOS 11 background on every new iPhone sold globally.

In their first two years, they sent their drones on a 20,000km journey along the coast of Western Australia, capturing its expansive, breathtaking, earthliness in high resolution. With an extensive knowledge of the Western Australian coastline, the duo are fascinated with photographing remote and unique landscapes.

Salty Wings have since expanded their horizons by continuing their travels to all corners of Australia. They are on a mission to create a gallery that all Australians can be proud of. With a focus on seascapes; a mixture of vibrant water, pristine sand and rugged rocks, Salty Wings continues to search for imagery unlike anything else seen before.

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The @SaltyWings image gallery can be downloaded here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rr0tog50iqhwnpq/AADOXfpqnO74Z5W8D6EnXxxma?dl=0

Mandatory credit for all images: www.saltywings.com.au / @saltywings.