Tidal Script

The Shoreline

This ephemeral space, existing between land and sea, presents an ever changing canvas for me to interpret and share.

It offers up textures, patterns and design to light and imagination.

I am privileged and humbled to honour it.

Made at Bar Beach on the New South Wales coast ion Australia, this photograph records the shoreline in a brief interval between waves. As the tide recedes, wet sand holds the trace of the ocean’s movement—compressed, stretched, and shaped by the pull of the sea.

A slit of low light skims across a sliver of the surface, revealing subtle ridges and channels that echo the rhythm of the surf beyond the frame. Within this narrow band between land and water, texture replaces horizon, and the familiar coastline dissolves into abstraction.

Like my ocean pool works, the image exists at a threshold—where motion slows, time softens, and the sea leaves its quiet imprint before returning again.

#Black and White Photography #Fine Art Photograph

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Paul Foley

Paul Foley is an Australian landscape and fine art photographer who believes a photograph isn't real until you can touch it.

Photography expresses his fascination with light and shadow. His eclectic collection of images reflects an inquisitive nature and constant search for interesting light.

After a 35-year career in commercial photography, Paul now explores the fleeting nature of light, free of the constraints of briefs and corporate mood boards.

Paul has been a finalist in the Galah Regional Photography Prize (2025) and National Photographic Portrait Prize (2011), selected to hang in several 'Mosman 2088' exhibitions and included in group exhibitions in Glasgow, Tokyo, Newcastle and China. He has also had individual and collaborative exhibitions in Sydney and Newcastle.

Paul lives in Newcastle, Australia.

https://www.paulfoley.com.au
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