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JOSHUA JENSEN NAGLE ENDLESS SUMMER
JOSHUA JENSEN NAGLE
ENDLESS SUMMER ARTIST EDITION
Canadian photographer Joshua Jensen Nagle captures scenes of leisure from a distance often from high above transforming people on beaches into toy like igures against sublime natural backdrops His ongoing series Endless Summer shows people as colorful specks clustered on long stretches of sand with green or blue bands of water edging the scene like abstract elements His immersive cinematic large scale photos invite viewers to lose themselves in the crowd and the striking landscape sparking associations that might resemble the artist s own memories of a childhood spent on the shore memories of never ending days loating in the water jumping waves In the tradition of photographers like Thomas Struth and Andreas Gursky Jensen Nagle s images reveal arresting visual patterns in the everyday world and create dramatic shifts in perspective that show humans completely enveloped by their environment Viewing photography as a means to evoke emotion rather than document a reality he has spent a decade traveling the globe in search of beachscapes dotted with bathers to turn into compelling images often hanging out of helicopters to capture his birds eye views Based in Toronto Jensen Nagle has mounted over ifty exhibitions in the last dozen years across North America and Europe including at the Grifin Museum in Boston and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary He has placed his photographs in numerous private and corporate collections including Microsoft MasterCard International Cirque De Soliel Transcontinental Target and Hilton Hotels and has seen his work featured in a variety of publications including Art In America Canadian Art Fashion and Harper s
01 Drifting Over The Italian Riviera
02 Never Ending Sun
03 Last Days Of Summer
04 Washed Away
05 Sicily Bathers I
06 Remembering Sicily
07 Sunbathers Of Cefalu
08 Scala Dei Turchi
09 Coney Island Swimmers
10 Last Days Of Summer At Scopello
11 Swimmers Of Rio I
12 An Abstract Expression
13 Sicily Sunbathers
14 Falling Into The Blue
15 It s All There II
16 An Expression
17 Dreaming Of You
18 Hanauma Bay I
19 Dreaming Of Montauk
20 Slow Days At The Hamptons
21 Sunbathers Of Copacabana III
22 Getting Whisked Away
23 Ipanema II
24 The North Shore
25 Sunbathers Of Sydney
26 Bathing In Bliss
Artist Statement Endless Summer is an ongoing body of work which conveys the nostalgic thoughts and feelings of my childhood spent along the New Jersey shore The series of beaches is inspired by memories of never ending days loating in the water jumping waves suring with my dad and basking in the sun It was a simpler time and one of the only times in my life that I can remember feeling nothing more than pure happiness For over 12 years I have been photographing beachscapes and have spent recent years hanging out of helicopters across 4 continents and 8 countries getting a bird s eye view of sun lovers around the world and exploring aerial imagery as a new vantage point At irst glance works may read as abstract but upon closer look viewers peruse umbrellas sunbathers swimmers and surfers scattered about the scene creating a colourful composition My lens not only captures the blissful moments of those in the photograph but also allows the viewer to relect on their own memories and attempts to evoke similar emotions of delight and joy Joshua Jensen Nagle
ENDLESS SUMMER 01 Driitng Over The Italian Riviera Tuscany Italy 2016 02 Never Ending Sun Sicily Italy 2015 03 Last Days Of Summer Tuscany Italy 2016 04 Washed Away The Algarve Portugal 2014 05 Sicily Bathers I Sicily Italy 2015 06 Remembering Sicily Sicily Italy 2015 07 Sunbathers of Cefalu Sicily Italy 2015 08 Scala Dei Turchi Sicily Italy 2016 09 Coney Island Swimmers New York USA 2016 10 Last Days of Summer At Scopello Sicily Italy 2016 11 Swimmers Of Rio I Rio De Janeiro Brazil 2016 12 An Abstract Expression Sydney Australia 2015 13 Sicily Sunbathers Sicily Italy 2016 14 Falling Into The Blue Tuscany Italy 2016 15 It s All There II Sydney Australia 2015 16 An Expression Sydney Australia 2015 17 Dreaming Of You Sydney Australia 2015 18 Hanauma Bay I Oahu Hawaii 2016 19 Dreaming Of Montauk New York USA 2016 20 Slow Days At The Hamptons New York USA 2016 21 Sunbathers Of Copacabana III Rio De Janeiro Brazil 2016 22 Getting Whisked Away Rio De Janeiro Brazil 2016 23 Ipanema II Rio De Janeiro Brazil 2016 24 The North Shore Oahu Hawaii 2016 25 Sunbathers Of Sydney Sydney Australia 2015 26 Bathing In Bliss Sydney Australia 2015 Imprint Joshua Jensen Nagle ENDLESS SUMMER 2017 Published by the artist www jensennagle com 2017 Joshua Jensen Nagle Images Caldwell Snyder Gallery Statement Christina Gapic Photograph of Artist Artist Edition of 100
Represented by Canada Bau Xi Gallery Toronto and Vancouver Galerie De Bellefeuille Montreal Newzones Gallery Calgary USA Caldwell Snyder Gallery San Francisco Foster White Gallery Seattle International Modus Gallery Paris
JOSHUA JENSEN NAGLE ENDLESS SUMMER
01 Drifting Over The Italian Riviera
02 Never Ending Sun
03 Last Days Of Summer
04 Washed Away
05 Sicily Bathers I
06 Remembering Sicily
07 Sunbathers Of Cefalu
08 Scala Dei Turchi
09 Coney Island Swimmers
10 Last Days Of Summer At Scopello
11 Swimmers Of Rio I
12 An Abstract Expression
13 Sicily Sunbathers
14 Falling Into The Blue
15 It s All There II
16 An Expression
17 Dreaming Of You
18 Hanauma Bay I
19 Dreaming Of Montauk
20 Slow Days At The Hamptons
21 Sunbathers Of Copacabana III
22 Getting Whisked Away
23 Ipanema II
24 The North Shore
25 Sunbathers Of Sydney
26 Bathing In Bliss
Artist Statement Endless Summer is an ongoing body of work which conveys the nostalgic thoughts and feelings of my childhood spent along the New Jersey shore The series of beaches is inspired by memories of never ending days loating in the water jumping waves suring with my dad and basking in the sun It was a simpler time and one of the only times in my life that I can remember feeling nothing more than pure happiness For over 12 years I have been photographing beachscapes and have spent recent years hanging out of helicopters across 4 continents and 8 countries getting a bird s eye view of sun lovers around the world and exploring aerial imagery as a new vantage point At irst glance works may read as abstract but upon closer look viewers peruse umbrellas sunbathers swimmers and surfers scattered about the scene creating a colourful composition My lens not only captures the blissful moments of those in the photograph but also allows the viewer to relect on their own memories and attempts to evoke similar emotions of delight and joy Joshua Jensen Nagle