A small white boat floats among weathered posts on calm blue water, its reflection rippling beneath it, with buoys and rocky islands in the distance.

Held in Blue

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2024-03-19

About this piece

A white boat anchors the foreground of Mike Gedj’s photograph, its bright hull reflected in gently rippling blue water. Weathered posts mark a loose passage toward distant rocky islands, while the broad expanse of sea gives the composition its spacious stillness.

The story

I framed the boat low in the photograph, leaving room for the blue water to stretch toward the rocks. Its pale hull caught the light, but I kept returning to the reflection beneath it, where every small ripple changed the shape. The old posts offered another rhythm, uneven and spare. In that moment, I wanted the distance to remain open, with nothing between the boat and the horizon but water and a few quiet markers.

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