Seascape nominee

The Wonderful Chaos series is a continuing process. It requires a suitable shoreline with a particular level of wave activity.

I have been captivated by the shoreline from my first photographs - this series is my attempt at representing the ever-changing movement and beauty in a single entity.

The final print is the combination of a set of images captured from a locked-off camera position. Up to 10 individual frames are layered onto one document then, using a photoshop brush, parts of each layer are removed until I am happy that the chaos is in order.

Paul Foley is an Australian landscape and fine art photographer who creates tactile prints to express his fascination with light and shadow. His eclectic collection of images, from single experiences to broader landscapes, reflects his inquisitive nature and constant search for interesting light.

2024 – Seascape Exhibition — The Glasgow Gallery of Photography
2024 – Clouds3 — Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2024 - Time|Space|Light, Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle, Australia.
2022 – Intersection, Back to Back Gallery, Newcastle, Australia.
2016 - Raw Artists Signature Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2011 – Portrait Prize - National Portrait Gallery Canberra
2022, 2011, 07, 05 – View 3 – Newcastle
2010, 08,07,06 – Selected to hang - ‘2088’ Group Exhibition – Mosman Art Gallery
2002 – one of two Australians invited by the Chinese Government to join a group of 50 international photographers to exhibit and photograph in China.
1996 – Five Women – anonymous bodyscapes, Newcastle and Sydney
1993 – School Days - portraits of the students of Newcastle SSP for intellectually disabled students. Complemented by poems/stories written by the children after viewing their pictures – Watt Space Gallery (University of Newcastle) – Also published in SMH “Good Weekend” magazine.