Across a 25-minute exposure, the sea smooths around the rocks and clouds stretch across the sky while two pelicans remain almost perfectly still near the water's edge. Even rocks shifted by the waves become ghosted traces, yet the birds persist.
The photograph becomes an unexpected study of stillness.
The landscape changes around them.
For those twenty-five minutes, they simply wait.
Artwork information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Shoreline and Wetland
Title: Resting Pelicans
Artwork: #1185
Location: Boat Harbour, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Two pelicans resting beside the shoreline
Medium: Colour fine art photography
Process: 25-minute long exposure
Format: Vertical
Genre: Fine art coastal landscape / wildlife photography
Themes: Stillness, time, coast, water, endurance
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
Across a 25-minute exposure, the sea smooths around the rocks and clouds stretch across the sky while two pelicans remain almost perfectly still near the water's edge. Even rocks shifted by the waves become ghosted traces, yet the birds persist.
The photograph becomes an unexpected study of stillness.
The landscape changes around them.
For those twenty-five minutes, they simply wait.
Artwork information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Shoreline and Wetland
Title: Resting Pelicans
Artwork: #1185
Location: Boat Harbour, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Two pelicans resting beside the shoreline
Medium: Colour fine art photography
Process: 25-minute long exposure
Format: Vertical
Genre: Fine art coastal landscape / wildlife photography
Themes: Stillness, time, coast, water, endurance
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
