Summer here - in pictures

Michelle Sank's images were mostly taken along the stretch of coastline between Ynyslas, a small, seaside village, and Aberystwyth, a university town at the end of the train line. Photograph: Michelle Sank

“I’m a bit like a hunter when I’m working,” Sank says. “I wait for things to come to me.” Photograph: Michelle San

This smartly dressed subject, Sank says, has a “wonderful, retro hairstyle, mimicked by the clouds behind her.” Photograph: Michelle San

Sank's images were taken during a summer residency at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Photograph: Michelle Sank

A mother and daughter in matching pink summer dresses and flipflops. Photograph: Michelle Sank

A Roman-style statue taken at Portmeirion, a place built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis in the style of an Italian village. Photograph: Michelle Sank

“I work intuitively,” Sank says, “to sense in that person, at that moment, something special."

Michelle Sank’s book The Submerged is ­published by Schilt ­Publishing at £29.95. To order a copy for £23.96, with free UK p&p, go to guardian.co.uk/bookshop. An ­exhibition of the photos runs at Hotshoe ­Gallery, London EC1 from 6-29 September Photograph: Michelle Sank