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German Bight, Dogger . . . Visibility poor, squally showers. For people in
Britain, the soothing sound of BBC radio’s late-night weather forecasts is often
the last thing heard before sleep. Mark Powers has followed the idle
thought—what is the German Bight?—with his camera to produce The
Shipping Forecast (Zelda Cheatle Press/Network Photographers, ISBN 1 899823 02
6, £19.95), an exhibition and book of photographs that combine the place,
weather and forecast in a single image. Presented in deep frames, the
photographs show beaches and storms at sea. The forecast on the day each picture
was taken is cut into the picture glass, floating over the scene.