I sometimes walk along a street I know well and try to imagine myself walking down that street as if I had never walked down it before, as if seeing it for the very first time. It's an interesting exercise in observation and one that I try to apply every now and again. So I don't take my environment for granted. After all, as Heraclitus stated back in 500 BCE “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” Things are always changing, in the outside world and our inner world too.
I've put together an exhibition of images of the place that I been swimming for the past 10 years. It is a protected harbour pool in Double Bay, Sydney. A pool on the harbour 80 meters by 30 with two pontoons and a D shaped boardwalk out over the water, above the iron bars that serve to protect swimmers from the sharks that also swim in the harbour. Although this is a place that on the surface at least, I know what it looks like. The pictures I've created are a mediation on the beauty of Redleaf, and a visual expression of the idea above, about how things change while remaining the same. The pictures are available as archival, fine art prints - that will remain the same - as a limited edition. Sizes and pricing details on my website with all 11 images Click Here.
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| Silhouette swimmers |
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| Bougainvillea against the sky |
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| Swimming in the afterglow |
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| Pontoon after dark (still life) |
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| The dive |
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Redleaf Boulevardier - Impressions of Redleaf an exhibition of photographs by Kent Johnson.
Coral Coffee (Fable Cafe), 128 Darlinghurst Road Darlinghurst. From the 18th of January - Extended from the 8th to the 18th of February 2025
To order prints contact Kent on 61 (0) 433 796 863 - kent@artcommunication.com.au
View all 11 pictures from Redleaf Boulevardier online here - https://www.kentjohnsonphotography.com.au/Exhibitions/Redleaf.htm
Kent Johnson, Sydney, Australia.
0433 796 863
