Lost Coast

 First published in 2016 and out of print for nearly a decade, Lost Coast has become one of the most sought-after titles in contemporary photography.

In Lost Coast, Hatleberg presents an episodic narrative centered on Eureka, California. The photographs move fluidly between intimate portraits and the surrounding landscape, between moments of shared connection and quiet dislocation. Each image feels like a short story, rich with detail and ambiguity—offering a layered portrait of a place shaped equally by natural grandeur and the slow erosion of economic promise.

The book’s title references the remote stretch of California’s northern coast, but also gestures to a deeper sense of disappearance—of lives lived in the margins, of dreams cast aside, of overlooked beauty.