Adel Ferrito Line producer & photographer · Malta

The archive · No. 04

Malta

The coast in colour, first light to last. Eighteen frames working around the islands: the south coast at sunrise, Dwejra and Fungus Rock, the Lapsi caves, the clay west, one wet valley inland, and Valletta in gold to close. Nothing staged; the island decides the palette.

Eighteen photographs · 2015–2025 · Malta and Gozo

The rock pool at St Peter's Pool reflecting a pastel sky before sunrise, Malta

St Peter's Pool, sunrise

Delimara peninsula · 2017

A deep red sunset over the sea below Dingli cliffs, Malta

Dingli, red sea sunset

Dingli cliffs · 2017

Sunset seen from inside a sea cave at Għar Lapsi, Malta

Għar Lapsi, cave sunset

South coast · 2018

An agave overlooking the Blue Grotto cliffs at dusk, square frame

Blue Grotto agave, square

South coast · 2017

An agave above the Blue Grotto cliffs under a soft pastel sunset with haze, Malta

Blue Grotto agave, pastel sunset

South coast · soft haze · 2017

Fungus Rock standing in a calm sea at sunrise, Dwejra, Gozo

Fungus Rock, sunrise

Dwejra, Gozo · October 2024

A pastel panorama of the Dwejra coastline, Gozo

Dwejra, pastel

Gozo · panorama · 2024

A golden light panorama over Fungus Rock and the Dwejra bay, Gozo

Fungus Rock, golden

Dwejra, Gozo · panorama · 2024

A lone caper shrub at dusk above the coast at Fawwara, Malta

Fawwara, the caper shrub

November 2024

A wave in golden light off Għar Lapsi, Malta

Għar Lapsi, golden wave

South coast · 2017

The islet of Filfla on a minimal sunset horizon, seen from Għar Lapsi

Filfla, minimal

From Għar Lapsi · 2015

Rounded boulders on the shore in pastel light at Majjistral, Malta

Majjistral, pastel boulders

North-west coast · 2017

Sunrise over the coast at Munxar, Marsaskala, Malta

Munxar, sunrise

Marsaskala · 2017

Warm sunset light over the bay and clay slopes of Fomm ir-Riħ, Malta

Fomm ir-Riħ, teal sun

West coast · 2017

The clay ridge running to Il-Qarraba between Qarraba Bay and Riviera Beach at sunset, Malta

Il-Qarraba, clay ridge

From Ta' Lippija · Għajn Tuffieħa · 2021

The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mellieħa under a building storm sky

Chapel of the Immaculate Conception

Mellieħa · pre-storm · October 2025

A wet path through the green Mosta valley after rain

Mosta valley, wet path

2020

The breath between coastlines.

Golden mammatus clouds hanging over the Valletta skyline at sunset, seen from Sliema

Valletta, mammatus

From Sliema · October 2016

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