The art of seeing

While photographing lifesavers, Benedict Brain stumbles into a new potential long-term project

- Benedict Brain

While travelling recently, I found myself photographing lifesavers. The first was on a beach in Goa, India, and then again in Durban on the east coast of South Africa. Before I knew it, I'd made four portraits of lifesavers and potentially stumbled into an idea for a long-term project.