Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia.
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. White Frame
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. Black frame
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. Detail
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia.
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. White Frame
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. Black frame
Kelp #1696 by Paul Foley, minimalist black and white fine art photograph of kelp washed onto pale sand at Blacksmiths Beach, Australia. Detail

Kelp, Black and White #1696

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Washed ashore at Blacksmiths Beach, the kelp has become temporarily separated from the sea that shaped it. Against the pale sand it reads almost as a found sculpture—folded, textured and strangely animate.

During the exposure the incoming tide remained beyond it while a strong nor'easter moved its finer edges. The result holds both stillness and movement within the same small subject.

I often think of the shoreline as a place of exchange.

Things arrive.

For a while they belong to the land.

Then the sea takes them again.

Artwork information

Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Shoreline and Wetland
Title: Kelp, Black and White
Artwork: #1696
Location: Blacksmiths Beach, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Kelp washed onto beach sand
Medium: Black and white fine art photography
Process: Approximately two-minute long exposure
Format: Landscape
Genre: Fine art coastal still life / nature study
Themes: Tide, found objects, shoreline, movement, impermanence
Edition: Maximum 5 prints plus 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.

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Washed ashore at Blacksmiths Beach, the kelp has become temporarily separated from the sea that shaped it. Against the pale sand it reads almost as a found sculpture—folded, textured and strangely animate.

During the exposure the incoming tide remained beyond it while a strong nor'easter moved its finer edges. The result holds both stillness and movement within the same small subject.

I often think of the shoreline as a place of exchange.

Things arrive.

For a while they belong to the land.

Then the sea takes them again.

Artwork information

Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Shoreline and Wetland
Title: Kelp, Black and White
Artwork: #1696
Location: Blacksmiths Beach, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Kelp washed onto beach sand
Medium: Black and white fine art photography
Process: Approximately two-minute long exposure
Format: Landscape
Genre: Fine art coastal still life / nature study
Themes: Tide, found objects, shoreline, movement, impermanence
Edition: Maximum 5 prints plus 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.