The 13th Annual Sculpture By The Sea is underway between Bondi and Tamarama. This coastal walk has been transformed into an interactive sculpture park for free public viewing and consists of over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world. The beautiful blue sky, the warmth of the sun as it is dissolved by the coolness of the sea breeze and the variety in artistic expression satisfied the media hype leading up to the event and still, a lot of the sculptures lacked context compared to the other 'installations'. I understand that some may have been more site specific than others, but when you have the Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Prize winner May Barrie's - 'Time and Tide Granite Monolith II' situated amongst the sprawl and not proudly perched on a cliff face boldly expressing the importance of 'her' existence and the influence 'she' has over the surrounding elements is hard to swallow. I would have loved to see more contrast between sculpture and habitation.
After attending the event last year unprepared, this year was the perfect opportunity to take my new Canon 70-300mm for a spin before exploring southern New Zealand in a few weeks time. At times I felt that there was an eccentric disconnection to the sculptures through the longer focal length compared to my Canon 17-85mm. Other times I was delighted to find that these constraints placed on me as the photographer, while limiting, forced me to adapt and maximise photo real estate. Below are a selection of my favorite photos for the day from a series which you can find on my Flickr page.
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