A ongoing meditation by the ocean informed by my desire to feel deeply and self discover through making photographs. I created this series along the central California coast during a three year period. The images are intended to suggest rather than explain. With this work I am interested in the observation and feeling of space as a subject as opposed to representation of objects. I am drawn to the mystery of the seascape and the pervading sense of the unknown. In this work I have used long exposures during both day and night, as well as double exposures. This poem by Tessho, written at the time of his death, conveys the feeling I have about these pictures and the act of standing next to the void and photographing:
Finally out of reach No bondage, no dependency. How calm the ocean, Towering the void.
- Tessho
Andrew Molera State Park, California 2015
Andrew Molera State Park, California 2015
Pheiffer Beach, Big Sur, California 2015
Highway 1, Central California, near Big Sur 2015
Partington Cove, Big Sur, California 2015
Davenport, California 2015
Wilder Ranch, Santa Cruz County, California 2015
North Coast Santa Cruz CA, 2015
North Coast Santa Cruz, 2015
Partington Cove, Big Sur, California 2015
North Coast, Santa Cruz County, California 2015
Greyhound Rock, Santa Cruz County, California 2015
North Coast, Santa Cruz County, California 2015
North Coast Santa Cruz, 2015
North Coast, Santa Cruz County, California 2015
Davenport, California 2015
North Coast Santa Cruz, 2015
Big Sur CA, 2015
Matt Propert - Editor / Photographer.
Matt Propert - Photographer / Editor - freelance photographer - fine art prints - National Geographic books and special edition magazines - photo editor