Ocean Drive | Swakopmund, Namibia
From altitude above Swakopmund, a single vehicle drives the beach track between two worlds - the Namib desert scrub to the left, the Atlantic surf to the right, the tyre tracks the only evidence of anyone having been here before.
Open edition - Aerial fine art by Tobias Hägg - 210g natural white art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
"The quality of the images was greater than I could have ever hoped for. I am proud to call myself a collector of his work."
Matthew D. ·
Swakopmund sits at one of the most extreme geographical boundaries on earth - the point where the Namib Desert, one of the oldest and driest deserts on the planet, meets the cold upwelling waters of the South Atlantic. The beach that runs north and south of the town is a hard-packed sand track where 4WDs drive between the dune scrub and the surf line, the desert and the ocean separated by no more than fifty metres of beach. From altitude the vehicle reads as a white dot between two vast parallel textures - the wind-patterned sand and spinifex of the Namib on one side, the foaming Atlantic swell on the other - its tyre tracks the only straight line in the frame.
The warm sandy palette and the sense of open space give this image an unusual sense of freedom and scale. It works in any interior that responds to coastal and desert landscapes, and particularly rewards larger formats where both the desert texture and the individual wave forms in the surf become legible alongside the tiny vehicle between them.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Sizes | 30×40 cm - 50×70 cm - 70×100 cm |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Ocean Drive
Swakopmund sits at one of the most extreme geographical boundaries on earth - the point where the Namib Desert, one of the oldest and driest deserts on the planet, meets the cold upwelling waters of the South Atlantic. The beach that runs north and south of the town is a hard-packed sand track where 4WDs drive between the dune scrub and the surf line, the desert and the ocean separated by no more than fifty metres of beach. From altitude the vehicle reads as a white dot between two vast parallel textures - the wind-patterned sand and spinifex of the Namib on one side, the foaming Atlantic swell on the other - its tyre tracks the only straight line in the frame. The warm sandy palette and the sense of open space give this image an unusual sense of freedom and scale.
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