Home Improvement - A Photo Essay

Volunteers look out into the water at Beach 59th Street, Rockaway Beach. 9/17/22

The waters and the sand look pristine and calm on the surface. A lone lifeguard chair sits among shells. 9/17/22

A sign indicating a federally protected area of the beach–visitors are not allowed to disturb the wildlife. 9/17/22

A volunteer is focused on protecting the beach beneath her feet. 9/17/22

A rusted cart is attached to the amaranth fence, filled with sand and human garbage. Natural and unnatural meet. 9/17/22

Volunteers laugh and walk back to the tent site, bags already filled with garbage from the shore. 9/17/22

A volunteer holds a perfectly symmetrical feather in front of the water–the feather will become something new. 9/17/22

Within a few hours, volunteers collected several bags of garbage from Rockaway Beach. 9/17/22