Emerging, Merewether Pool by Paul Foley

Details

Retail price for the framed work is for pick-up from NERAM, Armidale. Shipping Australia-wide can be arranged and will be invoiced separately.

Year: 2024
Medium: Giclee printed to museum standard on 310 GSM Cotton Rag Paper
Framed size: 74cm x 74cm

Description

Merewether Ocean Baths, in the 1970s, is where I first realised that a photograph could be art.

As rusty railing and worn whitewashed concrete are refurbished, unshod feet skip and later shuffle, growing from tiny and soft to gnarled and wide. Holding small, excited hands, parents nurture the tentative steps of offspring at the beginning of their memories.

I utilise long exposures to obscure any visual evidence of others swimming and floating through my compositions, creating spaces for memories and dreams. Although my camera now uses pixels instead of film, I will always be drawn to ocean pools, searching for something new in these nostalgic, cherished places.

Biography

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. Foley's eclectic collection of images reflects an inquisitive nature and constant search for interesting light. 

After a 35-year career in commercial photography, Foley now explores the fleeting nature of light, free of the constraints of briefs and corporate mood boards. Foley has been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize, selected to hang in several 'Mosman 2088' exhibitions and included in group exhibitions in Glasgow, Tokyo, Newcastle and China. He has also had many individual and collaborative exhibitions in Sydney and Newcastle.

Home: Newcastle, NSW