Hans-Peter Feldmann's "Sea Paintings"

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sea Paintings, 2016

From 303 Gallery's press release:

"His ‘Sea Paintings’ for example, consist simply of 15 seascape paintings (both old and new, large and small, and from a mix of amateurs and better known painters such as Patrick von Kalckreuth) arranged salon style on a single wall. Repetition becomes a disjunctive impulse, as the paintings in combination with each other begin to reveal a certain latency of shared experience...."

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sea Paintings and Horizon on the left wall, 2016

That "single wall" is floating, however. The back becomes as important as the front (not unlike this famous series Verso). Walking through and viewing is more of a participatory act than a stagnant one.

Feldmann's new exhibition at 303 Gallery caught my attention at a time when I try to assemble all my family's photographs of the ocean and when I am equally enamored with the idea of overlap as a form of presentation.

"36 Hours" and "There was a Time..." by Sean Landers

Sean Landers, 36 Hours, 1995

Sean Landers, There was a Time..., 2004

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: The Sea (2013)

 Elger Esser, Undine

Becky Comber, fog to cloud, 2012

Robert Adams, Nehalem Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon

Phil Chang, Sea #1, 2011 (an unfixed photograph that gradually changes when exposed to light)

Luigi Ghirri, Amsterdam, 1981

John Gossage, The Auckland Project, 2011

Robert Adams, Benson Beach, Oregon

Elijah Gowin, From Of Falling and Floating, 2006

Richard Misrach, Untitled #586-04, 2004

Asako Narahashi, Jounanjima #3, 2002

Ocean: Self Indulging Vacation Photos

Cape Foulweather, Oregon

Barnacle covered log in Neskowin, Oregon

Neskowin, Oregon

Neskowin, Oregon

No ghost ships. No tsunami debris.

Clear Water Samples: Neskowin, Oregon

Making up for the fact that I no longer have any high resolution photographs from my very first Pacific Ocean test from last May.

"Calvino's Waves" by Hannah Barnes

From Hannah's website:

"In his Six Memos, Italo Calvino describes his collection of short stories Mr. Palomar as "a kind of diary dealing with minimal problems of knowledge, ways of establishing relationships with the world, and gratifications and frustrations in the use of both silence and words. This series of watercolor drawings is a response to "Reading a Wave", the chapter in which Mr. Palomar stands on the shore and looks at, or attempts to look at, a wave. His endeavor proves to be impossible, as the infinite contingencies of the wave prevent it from ever coming into being before his eyes. Always on the verge of arriving, wave dissolves and drifts perpetually into not-wave. Mr. Palomar's observations become a search for a hypothetical entity; the search itself reveals that entity to be only apprehensible through its fugitive traces - subjectively sensed, fraught with contingency, eruptive, ephemeral, imaginary."

See the rest of her series here.

Atta Kim's "The Sea" & "The Museum Project #019"

Atta Kim, The Sea, 1993 (one hour exposure)

I first saw Kim's work at FotoFest 2000 and The Museum Project remains my favorite series (and yes, still features the sea).

Atta Kim, The Museum Project #019, From The Field Series, 1997

Shawn Records - Recent Work

Shawn Records, From Recent Work

(I drove by here today)

Joni Sternbach's "Sea/Sky"

Joni Sternbach, Sea/Sky, 02.07.10 #9

Check out her video Momenta.

Paul Bobko's "Water Landscapes - Suspended Energy"

Paul Bobko, Water Landscapes - Suspended Energy

"With the point of view that is chosen, the viewer may initially perceive a water landscape that appears tranquil or even static. My hope in many of the images is to create a tension as the viewer realizes that the photo is not that of a static landscape but of a powerful ocean wave that is momentarily suspended and captured by the camera."

[Images and quotes via.]

Justine Kurland's "West of the Water"

Justine Kurland, West of the Water, 2003

Guy Sargent's "What Lies Beneath the Surface"

AKA I want to go to Cornwall (just in case you can't tell by this post and yesterday's). The rock formations and cooler beach climate remind me very much of the Oregon Coast.

Guy Sargent, Kynance Cove (Dawn II), Cornwall, 2011

Kynance Cove (Rain), Cornwall, 2011

Yougal Bay, Cork, 2006

Ocean Encore

Lex Thompson, Breaking Wave, 2011

Kevin Van Aelst

The Ocean, 2010

I've posted Van Aelst's Common Clouds before. Check out his website! In addition to "ocean" imagery, there is a ton of good work to be found including one of my favorite desserts to photograph & in this case, mutating doughnuts:

Cellular Mitosis (krispy kreme), 2005

Alessandro Puccinelli

All quotes and images are from Puccinelli's website.

From the series In Between: " Confusion and bewilderment instantly go hand in hand with the physical contact of the sea and being plunged into a new circumstance.  Clarity and definition are no more, shapes take on blurred edges."

From Mare 01

From Mare 03: "The images attempt to capture the sea at different levels. It can seem to be larger than anything else, both empty and full at the same time, similar but never the same, in perpetual movement, always a source of inspiration, a multitude of contradictions to our eyes but which, nonetheless, manage to fit together in total harmony."

Chris Anthony's "Venice"

Here is another Venice Beach/Venice, Italy comparison.

From Anthony's website: "I was thinking about climate change and the effects global warming will have on the ice caps. It’s my exaggerated idea of a future world where a lot of land has become submerged in ocean water. It’s always been my dream to travel to Antarctica but I still haven’t found the time or money to make the trip. About two years ago I was looking into the expedition companies that take you there and once again I was left with only my fantasies of the South Pole. I’m no expert by any means but I pay attention to the global warming reports and I thought how horrible it would be if the poles were to completely melt away in my lifetime."



"That’s when I started to imagine a future society of survivors submerged in sea water. I live in Los Angeles and there are many places along the coast I could have used for this series so no, it wasn’t a coincidence that I chose Venice Beach. It seemed fitting as I was indeed thinking of the slowly sinking Venice (Italy) which also happens to be my favorite place in the world. That was a neat piece of symmetry that appealed to me."



"The carnival aspect is certainly a nod to Venice. I can’t help but almost always inject a bit of theatrics into my work. And my love for performers and storytellers gives me this romantic notion that those sorts of people will always be vital for mankind. I designed the rest of the costumes/props to have come from the military or at least be very utilitarian."

Monterey: What a Dump!

Clearly I'm joking as this is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.








1/3 of those seals are babies!

Off to San Francisco via Santa Cruz. The hunting and gathering portion of this trip continues. Rats, I also now know where Richard Misrach lives! If I don't make it this trip, the Society of Photographic Education conference is in San Francisco in March. Amelia - ready for a BART trip to Berkeley?

Look! I'm at the Beach Again! Big Sur to Be Exact.

Big Sur is AMAZING! I was constantly reminded of New Zealand today beginning with the pier at San Simeon (with Hearst's Castle on the hillside). Above is Point Lobos.



I stood here at Willow Creek for a little while to watch some surfers.



Looking a little like the Oregon Coast but with sunshine.



The Cypress Grove hike which was my favorite of the day because...



...it lead to photographs like this (channeling my inner Edward Weston and Ansel Adams that never, ever appear).



Point Lobos is named for the sea lions which were prominent. I hauled my binoculars all the way to California but LEFT THEM IN THE CAR on this hike. Idiot move of the day.



Putting my undergraduate geology class to work... 55 million year old conglomerate rocks at Point Lobos.



Nearby sedimentary rock at Point Lobos.



Someone dropped their sombrero.



More photos of Big Sur coming soon.