‘Merewether Ocean Baths #0261 opens the pool outward toward the Pacific, dissolving the boundary between constructed space and open sea. A long exposure softens the moving water into broad fields of blue, while banks of cloud catch the delicate pink light of the changing day. The small pump house and railings anchor the left of the panorama, dwarfed by the expansive horizon and sky. Beyond them, ships wait offshore, quiet reminders of Newcastle’s working harbour. The photograph becomes less a record of the baths than a meditation on water, distance and the particular coastal light of Newcastle.’
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Ocean Pools
Artwork: Merewether Ocean Baths #0261
Location: Merewether Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Merewether Ocean Baths, Pacific Ocean, pump house at dawn
Medium: Colour film photography
Format: Panoramic
Technique: Long exposure
Category: Australian coastal landscape / ocean pool / seascape / fine art photography
Edition: 5
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Supplied as a rolled print as this format requires custom framing by your preferred framer.
‘Merewether Ocean Baths #0261 opens the pool outward toward the Pacific, dissolving the boundary between constructed space and open sea. A long exposure softens the moving water into broad fields of blue, while banks of cloud catch the delicate pink light of the changing day. The small pump house and railings anchor the left of the panorama, dwarfed by the expansive horizon and sky. Beyond them, ships wait offshore, quiet reminders of Newcastle’s working harbour. The photograph becomes less a record of the baths than a meditation on water, distance and the particular coastal light of Newcastle.’
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Ocean Pools
Artwork: Merewether Ocean Baths #0261
Location: Merewether Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Merewether Ocean Baths, Pacific Ocean, pump house at dawn
Medium: Colour film photography
Format: Panoramic
Technique: Long exposure
Category: Australian coastal landscape / ocean pool / seascape / fine art photography
Edition: 5
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Supplied as a rolled print as this format requires custom framing by your preferred framer.
