Sandscapes
A history of the ocean - Part 1
Sandscapes came along from a larger series of photos I have been making title
"A History of the Ocean". I am currently photographing the ocean from a partially personified perspective that the Ocean documents itself, in a sense it even communicates, certainly in the geological as with these patterns in the sand, but in a much greater sense that eludes our understanding. I hesitate to label it any further as that is applying human definitions to something definitely not human, which just hinders our ability to understand it. Nonetheless, there is a distinct mystery to the ocean, a body of water that is as old as the planet in some respects, and will live as long as the planet does too.
In my attempts to grasp the enormity of this idea, I find myself often standing at the beach, wondering if the ocean could communicate in a way we understood, would these be the stories it would tell.
I have lived my entire life in the Pacific Northwest, so it is therefore of little surprise that I became interested in photographing its many natural splendors. Bitten by the photography bug a little over six years ago while hiking in the Columbia River Gorge,
I try to combine my love for the outdoors with my passion for photography.
I am always mindful that even familiar locations can hold fascinatingly new perspectives.
I often travel with a small assortment of cameras to help photograph places in creative and new ways, be it with a plastic Holga, a wooden pinhole or my Pentax 6×7 loaded with Ortho or Infrared film. Despite this small armament of equipment, I firmly believe that the most important things happen behind the camera, not in it.
By: Zeb Andrews (USA)
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Zeb Andrews , All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Zeb Andrews) is illegal and punishable by law.
A history of the ocean - Part 1
Sandscapes came along from a larger series of photos I have been making title
"A History of the Ocean". I am currently photographing the ocean from a partially personified perspective that the Ocean documents itself, in a sense it even communicates, certainly in the geological as with these patterns in the sand, but in a much greater sense that eludes our understanding. I hesitate to label it any further as that is applying human definitions to something definitely not human, which just hinders our ability to understand it. Nonetheless, there is a distinct mystery to the ocean, a body of water that is as old as the planet in some respects, and will live as long as the planet does too.
In my attempts to grasp the enormity of this idea, I find myself often standing at the beach, wondering if the ocean could communicate in a way we understood, would these be the stories it would tell.
I have lived my entire life in the Pacific Northwest, so it is therefore of little surprise that I became interested in photographing its many natural splendors. Bitten by the photography bug a little over six years ago while hiking in the Columbia River Gorge,
I try to combine my love for the outdoors with my passion for photography.
I am always mindful that even familiar locations can hold fascinatingly new perspectives.
I often travel with a small assortment of cameras to help photograph places in creative and new ways, be it with a plastic Holga, a wooden pinhole or my Pentax 6×7 loaded with Ortho or Infrared film. Despite this small armament of equipment, I firmly believe that the most important things happen behind the camera, not in it.
By: Zeb Andrews (USA)
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Zeb Andrews , All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Zeb Andrews) is illegal and punishable by law.
