Water defines this photograph twice.
Beyond the Canoe Pool is the ocean, softened by time until its surface becomes almost indistinguishable from the pale horizon. Closer to the camera, water spills continuously over the pool wall.
During the long exposure those individual movements accumulate into a veil.
The little chain railing remains sharply recognisable above it—a fragile human structure surrounded by a much larger movement of water. It gives the photograph scale and anchors a scene that might otherwise dissolve almost completely into tone.
Ocean pools fascinate me because they impose geometry on something that has none.
Edges, walls and railings tell the water where it should be.
The water keeps moving anyway.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Intersection
Title: Overflow Veil, Canoe Pool #1456
Artwork: #1456
Location: Canoe Pool, Newcastle Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Overflowing pool wall, chain railing and ocean
Medium: Black and white fine art photography
Process: Long exposure photography
Format: Square
Genre: Australian coastal landscape / fine art seascape
Themes: Water, movement, architecture, boundaries, time, minimalism
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints + up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
This Limited Edition is available in three sizes, with a maximum of five prints plus up to two Artist Proofs.
Water defines this photograph twice.
Beyond the Canoe Pool is the ocean, softened by time until its surface becomes almost indistinguishable from the pale horizon. Closer to the camera, water spills continuously over the pool wall.
During the long exposure those individual movements accumulate into a veil.
The little chain railing remains sharply recognisable above it—a fragile human structure surrounded by a much larger movement of water. It gives the photograph scale and anchors a scene that might otherwise dissolve almost completely into tone.
Ocean pools fascinate me because they impose geometry on something that has none.
Edges, walls and railings tell the water where it should be.
The water keeps moving anyway.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Intersection
Title: Overflow Veil, Canoe Pool #1456
Artwork: #1456
Location: Canoe Pool, Newcastle Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Overflowing pool wall, chain railing and ocean
Medium: Black and white fine art photography
Process: Long exposure photography
Format: Square
Genre: Australian coastal landscape / fine art seascape
Themes: Water, movement, architecture, boundaries, time, minimalism
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints + up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
This Limited Edition is available in three sizes, with a maximum of five prints plus up to two Artist Proofs.
