David Burdeny

Surfer, Perth, Western Australia (Oceans series)

2016

“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial immensity of the ocea...

“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial immensity of the ocean. I have enormous reverence for feeling so small in the presence of something so vast, where perspective, scale, time and distance momentarily become intangible. Photographing as a process of clarifying this quality, I work towards creating formalized, liminal spaces. The glory lies not in this act of clarification or reduction, but in the experience of what is left – sublime experience located in ordinary space: a slowly moving...

David Burdeny - Surfers, Oahu, Hawaii, 2010 59 x 73.5 inches Edition of 5 + 2AP “These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I...

David Burdeny - Surfers, Oahu, Hawaii, 2010 59 x 73.5 inches Edition of 5 + 2AP “These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I...

"Drift is a series of moving and still photographic images shot with film, collected during travels through Canada, France, Japan, England, Belgium and the USA. These photographs cat...

"Drift is a series of moving and still photographic images shot with film, collected during travels through Canada, France, Japan, England, Belgium and the USA. These photographs cat...

"Drift is a series of moving and still photographic images shot with film, collected during travels through Canada, France, Japan, England, Belgium and the USA. These photographs cat...

A lone surfer featured on a wave on the North Shore of Oahu, a surfing mecca To see the surfers from above makes their daring feats even more extraordinary The print series Swell: ...