Larissa Colon, 16, of Kentwood, stands in the spray from the surf on the end of the pier at Grand Haven State Park on Wednesday. Surf conditions were considered dangerous enough for DNR officials to fly a red flag, signaling to beach goers that the water was not safe for swimming. (Joel Hawksley | The Grand Rapids Press)
Started out at the beach today. The Press is doing a story on how several people have been killed by rip currents on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan this summer. My job was to find frames of people interacting with the water.
Blake Snyder, 12, of Allendale, flips his skim board at Grand Haven State Park on Wednesday. Surf conditions were considered dangerous enough for DNR officials to fly a red flag, signaling to beach goers that the water was not safe for swimming. (Joel Hawksley | The Grand Rapids Press)
April Nelson, 10, and her cousin Adam Trowbridge, 16, both of Coopersville, stand in the spray from the surf on the end of the pier at Grand Haven State Park on Wednesday. Surf conditions were considered dangerous enough for DNR officials to fly a red flag, signaling to beach goers that the water was not safe for swimming. (Joel Hawksley | The Grand Rapids Press)
Taylor Paul, 9, of Grand Rapids, plays in the spray from the surf on the end of the pier at Grand Haven State Park on Wednesday. Surf conditions were considered dangerous enough for DNR officials to fly a red flag, signaling to beach goers that the water was not safe for swimming. (Joel Hawksley | The Grand Rapids Press)
Taylor Sterk, 10, of Rockford, and Sam Meindertsma, 6, of Caledonia, play in the shallows at Grand Haven State Park on Wednesday. Surf conditions were considered dangerous enough for DNR officials to fly a red flag, signaling to beach goers that the water was not safe for swimming. (Joel Hawksley | The Grand Rapids Press)
katie barnes
August 29th, 2010 at 11:28 amnice stuff! i know right where this is!! tell emily and katy i say hi hi hi hi hi!
Jonathan Adams
August 29th, 2010 at 11:52 amThe Summer I interned in Muskegon, I photographed two drownings. It was a bad summer of stupidity.