The surfer is almost an incidental mark beneath the sky.
A single figure carrying a board crosses the dark rock platform at Gerringong while clouds occupy most of the photograph. Black and white separates the scene into strong fields of light and shadow: reflective rock below, a low horizon, and a sky that seems considerably larger than the person moving beneath it.
The picture is about going surfing, certainly, but the scale changes its emphasis. The landscape and weather are allowed to dominate; the surfer simply gives us a human measure within them.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Surfing Life
Title: Sunrise Surfer, Gerringong
Artwork: #0873
Location: Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Surfer carrying a board across a coastal rock platform
Medium: Black-and-white fine art photography
Process: Documentary style
Format: Landscape
Genre: Fine art surf / coastal landscape photography
Themes: Sky, surfing, scale, weather, silhouette, coast
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
The surfer is almost an incidental mark beneath the sky.
A single figure carrying a board crosses the dark rock platform at Gerringong while clouds occupy most of the photograph. Black and white separates the scene into strong fields of light and shadow: reflective rock below, a low horizon, and a sky that seems considerably larger than the person moving beneath it.
The picture is about going surfing, certainly, but the scale changes its emphasis. The landscape and weather are allowed to dominate; the surfer simply gives us a human measure within them.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Surfing Life
Title: Sunrise Surfer, Gerringong
Artwork: #0873
Location: Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Surfer carrying a board across a coastal rock platform
Medium: Black-and-white fine art photography
Process: Documentary style
Format: Landscape
Genre: Fine art surf / coastal landscape photography
Themes: Sky, surfing, scale, weather, silhouette, coast
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
