Sculptures by the Sea 2016
This was going to be my first Sculptures by the Sea.
I don’t know why we hadn’t gone any of the summers I had been here before. This year, we went twice. (Something that just seems to happen, that we have to go to the same event twice). Given that I have been blogging a lot about the sculptures of Perth, this year seemed right to go to the event at Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia.
The challenge for me as a photographer was to try to get the sculptures at sunset, adding some extra dimension to photographing this event. I am not sure what the definition of sculpture is, but to me it should require some marble, a chisel, and something very realistic. These sculptures were more modern – one just looked like trash. I was sure though, with the right lighting most could look quite lovely.
As we drove to the beach, we didn’t know what kind of weather we were going to get. Our area looked cloudy and rainy, and we were hoping that driving south, we would leave that system.
We did, but only at the edge of it, which only enhanced the atmosphere for photographs.
We did get there and found a rainbow looking through one of the sculptures.
Looking another direction of the same sculpture: Land of Giants – Quiver, Queen, King, Jester, Giorgio by Peter Lundberg
That rainbow stayed with us a long time.
Boxed by Harrie Fasher,
Fun! by Naidee Changmoh
Re:Generation by Sonia Payes
Catch Me by Keld Moseholm
The sculptures weren’t the only art this evening.
Philia by Zero Higashida, and the rainbow is still going.
Quite possibly, this one, Sømærke by KWY with Lise Kassow, was the one I saw in my newsfeed the most. It was the easiest to photograph.
Here John takes his fish-eye down low to photograph Juliet Lea’s Book Cave.
The one that perhaps was the most profound, to me, was Dust by Norton Flavel. Not sure what was meant by the title, but I felt it represented the hand of God. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.”
As the sun completely sets, we see Manscape by Tony Davis. I have no idea why this one felt the most Australian to me.
A large, dark cloud only enhances kakashi by Zilvinas Kempinas. If interaction with the sculptures earned points, then this sculpture might have won the prize.
Just when I thought we had lost all our light and we might as well pack up and go home, I couldn’t help notice A Burden by Suzie Bleach & Andrew Townsend.
Making our way back to the car, we stopped to appreciate Lucky Bay by Tony Jones OAM against the night sky.
One last look, once again, what seemed to be the most photograph sculpture this year.
This is by no means all of the sculptures. If you would like to see them all, please have a look HERE at the Sculptures by the Sea Gallery
