Sea change (approaching Raoul), 2011
The Kermadec : Hands to Bathe exhibition is now open at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Devonport, Auckland. It is fantastic to again join forces with the Navy and hopefully go a little way toward paying them back for the ride to Raoul Island. The exhibition kicked off with a great opening night and was followed by the artists working with school groups in workshops over the following few days.
A good third of the works on display have never been shown before including these two prints by me. Sea change (above) and Gunner John (below) were both taken on the HMNZS Otago as we approached Raoul Island. I think the talented Greg O’Brien best sums up the works when he described Sea change like this: “Taken a few nautical miles to the south of Raoul Island in the half-light of the early morning, O’Hara’s photograph of the bow of the HMNZS Otago evokes earlier epochs of marine voyaging as well as recording the moment when, just beyond the picture frame, Raoul Island first came into view. The timelessness of this encounter was enhanced by the artist’s decision to use a modern-day digital camera to which he attached an old-fashioned lens.”
Gunner John, John Reynolds on the HMNZS Otago, 2011
Both available as limited edition prints. Image size 363 x 240mm.
Framed $400. Unframed $200.
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