Ocean
Having previously specialised in portraiture, John Richard has spent the past five years capturing the unfolding spectacle of the sea at dawn. These photographs are the seemingly effortless culmination of a challenging task: creating still-frame moments of a world in otherwise perpetual movement and fluid motion.
The works in Richard’s ‘Ocean’ series have been printed in platinum palladium, one of the oldest printing methods in existence, as well as the most durable and materially stable. Richard’s works are a celebration of the mercurial beauty of the sea at first light and the subtle yet transformative effect the ocean has upon our senses.
‘My course is set for an uncharted sea’ - Dante
John Richard, Ocean IX, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean VIII, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean III, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean V, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 36 x 36 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean X, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean XI, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean IV, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean I, 2020. Platinum-palladium print. 36 x 36 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean II, 2020. Platinum-palladium print. 36 x 36 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean VI, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean VII, 2021. Platinum-palladium print. 36 x 36 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean XIII, 2023. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean XII, 2023. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.
John Richard, Ocean XV, 2023. Platinum-palladium print. 40 x 30 cm. Edition of 12.