Before and after of an arch over ocean

June 24, 2011 12:11 AM

Trying to remember a diptych of photographs of a natural arch of rock or earth off a coast over ocean-- of it standing and of the space after the arch had fallen. Artist/title?

- probably contemporary, or at least within the past two or three decades
- bright saturated colors
- maybe the coast was californian
- I remember a vertically aligned diptych
- The two photographs were very alike or identical in contrast/focus/color. So I want to say the photographs were taken very soon after another, maybe 30 seconds apart. Or 3 minutes. I remember a three, but it may have been three years or decades. Or not a three.

posted by ilk to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Response by poster: sorry, i meant rather than the technicalities of the photos, it was the weather/atmosphere that made me feel like they were taken soon after the other. bright glittering ocean, clear sky, hard sunlight.
posted by ilk at 12:40 AM on June 24, 2011

Best answer: Was it the London Arch in Australia?
posted by amyms at 1:38 AM on June 24, 2011

Best answer: This might be the image you're looking for (from this blog post).
posted by amyms at 1:50 AM on June 24, 2011

Best answer: There's also a very similar pair of images of the one of the 12 Apostles that collapsed a few years ago. IIRC, they were taken just a few minutes apart. This is the best I can find at the moment (~½ way down the page), but I know I've seen bigger version of the same 2 pictures.
posted by Pinback at 2:19 AM on June 24, 2011

Best answer: (Slightly bigger version with a bit of backstory here)
posted by Pinback at 2:26 AM on June 24, 2011

Response by poster: thank you all!
posted by ilk at 4:27 PM on July 2, 2011