Paul Foley, Night Surf (ART & CONCEPTUAL 2025)

‘Night Surf' is one of a ten image series photographed in 6x17 panorama format at Merewether Ocean Baths in Newcastle Australia. It was a winter night when high surf surged over the rock shelf and across the pool. The artificial glow of poolside lighting blended with the natural world in an iridescent dance of exploding histogram-like shapes. I like to capture many moments in a single frame, to hold the fragments of what I see and experience for longer. The result is a picture that compresses my observations in a mix of motion and emotion. And, in this series, light and dark. With the pretensions of a timelord, I can witness familiar places differently. Fujifilm GFX 100, 110mm lens, f8, 20 seconds

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