Much of the photograph is given to the dark, wet surface of the rock platform. Pools and irregular textures lead towards a solitary surfer standing near the upper edge of the frame, slightly out of focus against breaking water.
The distance matters. He is not presented as a sporting figure or portrait but as someone waiting at the edge of something larger.
Read “Waiting for a lull in the waves (and life)” a story I wrote inspired by this photograph.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Surfing Life
Title: Waiting, The Cowrie Hole
Artwork: #0019
Location: The Cowrie Hole, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Solitary surfer waiting beside breaking waves
Medium: Black-and-white fine art photography
Process: Selective foreground focus
Format: Square
Genre: Fine art surf / observational photography
Themes: Waiting, anticipation, solitude, ocean, rock platform
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
Much of the photograph is given to the dark, wet surface of the rock platform. Pools and irregular textures lead towards a solitary surfer standing near the upper edge of the frame, slightly out of focus against breaking water.
The distance matters. He is not presented as a sporting figure or portrait but as someone waiting at the edge of something larger.
Read “Waiting for a lull in the waves (and life)” a story I wrote inspired by this photograph.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Surfing Life
Title: Waiting, The Cowrie Hole
Artwork: #0019
Location: The Cowrie Hole, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Solitary surfer waiting beside breaking waves
Medium: Black-and-white fine art photography
Process: Selective foreground focus
Format: Square
Genre: Fine art surf / observational photography
Themes: Waiting, anticipation, solitude, ocean, rock platform
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
