‘Swimmer’s Arm #0163 isolates a single gesture within the geometry of Merewether Ocean Baths. A swimmer’s arm breaks the dark surface of the pool beneath the numbered starting blocks, while the horizon and layered evening clouds stretch across the frame beyond. The vivid flesh tone becomes a small, fleeting counterpoint to the deep blue water and rigid repetition of the numbers. Rather than describing the swimmer in full, the photograph reduces human presence to a fragment of movement—one stroke suspended between water, architecture and sky.’
This Limited Edition is available in three sizes, with a maximum of five prints plus up to two Artist Proofs.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Ocean Pools
Artwork: Swimmer’s Arm #0163
Location: Merewether Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Swimmer, starting blocks, ocean pool and coastal sky
Medium: Fine art photography
Process: Film photography
Category: Ocean pool / coastal / fine art photography
Edition: 5
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
‘Swimmer’s Arm #0163 isolates a single gesture within the geometry of Merewether Ocean Baths. A swimmer’s arm breaks the dark surface of the pool beneath the numbered starting blocks, while the horizon and layered evening clouds stretch across the frame beyond. The vivid flesh tone becomes a small, fleeting counterpoint to the deep blue water and rigid repetition of the numbers. Rather than describing the swimmer in full, the photograph reduces human presence to a fragment of movement—one stroke suspended between water, architecture and sky.’
This Limited Edition is available in three sizes, with a maximum of five prints plus up to two Artist Proofs.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Ocean Pools
Artwork: Swimmer’s Arm #0163
Location: Merewether Ocean Baths, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Swimmer, starting blocks, ocean pool and coastal sky
Medium: Fine art photography
Process: Film photography
Category: Ocean pool / coastal / fine art photography
Edition: 5
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
