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About this photograph
Dreamy seas just after a Contos sunset.
Made in the short window after the sun has gone but before the colour drains out of the sky, when the light level has dropped far enough that a long exposure is possible without filtration.
The sea goes to a smooth, low-contrast surface and the rocks sit in it without any visible waterline. The Contos frames were made alongside the Georgette work as part of the same ongoing survey of this coastline, and this is the softest of them.
About the Contos coastline
Contos is a neighbouring stretch of the same granite-and-limestone coastline that runs through Calgardup Bay, within the Cape to Cape country south of Margaret River. It is harder, rockier ground than Redgate — reefs and granite mounds standing in moving water.
The Contos photographs sit alongside the Georgette work as part of the same survey of this coast: the same swell, the same light, the same weather systems that put the Georgette on the beach in 1876.
The full account of the wreck — the failed pumps, the lifeboat, Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs, and the inquiry that followed — is set out in the story of the SS Georgette. The research behind it is described in the author's preface.
About the print
Printed to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, a 100% cotton archival paper, and supplied with an edition number. Free shipping within Australia.
