{"id":171826,"date":"2025-12-02T22:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/171826\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:59:08","slug":"luminous-western-australia-waves-crash-ashore-in-kevin-krautgartners-aerial-photos-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/171826\/","title":{"rendered":"Luminous Western Australia Waves Crash Ashore in Kevin Krautgartner&#8217;s Aerial Photos \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from a vertical perspective, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinkrautgartner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kevin Krautgartner<\/a>\u2019s photographs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/kevin-krautgartner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crashing waves<\/a> conjure the power and beauty of our oceans. Captured along the coast of Western Australia, the images revel in the clarity and textures of the water and shoreline, where \u201cwind, swell, and underwater topography creates some of the most powerful and visually striking wave formations I\u2019ve ever encountered,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Krautgartner\u2019s latest series is titled Waves | Ocean Forces. Turquoise water swirls, sprays, rolls, and washes over the sand, focused so specifically that the phenomenon appears nearly abstracted. The artist spends time planning and waiting for ideal weather conditions and swells in order to snap the high-resolution images, some of which he plans to transform into large-format prints. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-1.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466326\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>While taking an analytical approach to waves, considering their physical properties and geologic impact, Krautgartner is also interested evoking our emotional connection to the ocean. \u201cWaves have always fascinated me\u2014not just as shapes, but as fleeting configurations of energy shaped by global and local forces,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat drew me to Western Australia was the possibility to witness this process at its most intense and most precise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krautgartner\u2019s work is currently on view through the end of January with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisboa-fotokunst.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Livia Lisboa Fotokunst<\/a> in Hamburg, and he\u2019s prepping for another solo exhibition in 2026. Find more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/kevinkrautgartnerbbf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Behance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kevin.krautgartner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinkrautgartner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>, where you can purchase prints.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-7.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466332\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-2.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466327\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-4.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466329\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-3.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466328\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/krautgartner-5.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of crashing waves shot at a vertical angle by Kevin Krautgartner\" class=\"wp-image-466330\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taken from a vertical perspective, Kevin Krautgartner\u2019s photographs of crashing waves conjure the power and beauty of our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[37050,307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60,94820,14733,2709,21801],"class_list":{"0":"post-171826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-aerial","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-kevin-krautgartner","18":"tag-ocean","19":"tag-water","20":"tag-waves"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}