“David Batchelder’s images depict nothing more than small sections of beach, which, in theory, every vacationer could see. But nobody sees what Batchelder sees. Because the artist is a practiced observer. Over the years he has taken thousands of digital photographs of “his” stretch of beach on the Isle of Palms in Charleston, South Carolina, honing his perceptual skills. His powers of observation have opened the gates for him to a world beyond what is apparent to the casual beachgoer.”—Christiane Stahl.