OCEAN SPIRIT
Pupukea, North Shore, Oahu

    Ocean Spirit is a 20-minute long exposure taken between 10 pm and 10:20 pm at night on the North Shore of Oahu.  During the exposure, Sheer carefully walks out onto the dark jagged lava rock while carrying a ceremonial paddle in his hand and wearing a haku lei on his head and a ti leaf lei around his neck.  Sheer strikes a pose and remains perfectly still while waves crash towards him in the darkness.
     Although it looks serene, the ocean at this location is extremely violent and unpredictable.  One week earlier, 25-foot-tall hills of water were jumping out of the ocean at this exact spot to crash further onshore.
     While in his pose, Sheer hides a portable lighting device in his right hand and quickly creates bright circles of light on the foam of the waves that crash before him.  Meanwhile, his body creates a silhouette on the negative.  After a couple minutes, he feels his way back towards the camera in the darkness.  As the exposure continues, the moonlight makes the silhouette translucent as well as brightening the entire scene.  Twenty minutes of crashing waves and foam is also lit by the moonlight to create the velvety Dali-esque seascape. 

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