Sentinel is my best-selling print, featuring the iconic Bean Rock Lighthouse in Auckland’s harbour. Captured in 2014, this image isolates one of New Zealand’s oldest surviving wooden lighthouses in soft, minimal tones - a quiet structure standing alone in the Hauraki Gulf.
Built in 1871, Bean Rock is a well-known landmark for generations of Aucklanders. I was drawn to its shape, symmetry, and the feeling of stillness it holds out there on the water. This print is one of my earliest fine art works and continues to resonate with people today - both as a local icon and a study in quiet, deliberate composition.
Print Details:
Open Edition Print
Sizes: 40x40cm, 50x50cm, 60x60cm
Giclée art print using Epson genuine ink and paper stocks
Frame not included
Printed in New Zealand
About the Photographer
Sampford Cathie is a Wānaka-based photographer with a focus on landscape, abstract, and fine art photography. His work captures the striking natural and built environments of Otago and beyond, drawing on his experience in commercial photography to create images with a strong sense of atmosphere, minimalism, and precision. Each print reflects his ongoing interest in composition, light, and the quiet character of place.
Sample image not to scale.
Sentinel is my best-selling print, featuring the iconic Bean Rock Lighthouse in Auckland’s harbour. Captured in 2014, this image isolates one of New Zealand’s oldest surviving wooden lighthouses in soft, minimal tones - a quiet structure standing alone in the Hauraki Gulf.
Built in 1871, Bean Rock is a well-known landmark for generations of Aucklanders. I was drawn to its shape, symmetry, and the feeling of stillness it holds out there on the water. This print is one of my earliest fine art works and continues to resonate with people today - both as a local icon and a study in quiet, deliberate composition.
Print Details:
Open Edition Print
Sizes: 40x40cm, 50x50cm, 60x60cm
Giclée art print using Epson genuine ink and paper stocks
Frame not included
Printed in New Zealand
About the Photographer
Sampford Cathie is a Wānaka-based photographer with a focus on landscape, abstract, and fine art photography. His work captures the striking natural and built environments of Otago and beyond, drawing on his experience in commercial photography to create images with a strong sense of atmosphere, minimalism, and precision. Each print reflects his ongoing interest in composition, light, and the quiet character of place.
Sample image not to scale.
