Another impression of this work is held within the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

From Misrach's series On the Beach Misrach photographed this image on a very high balcony in his hotel while in Hawaii. Misrach focused his lens on a lone man, separate from the rest of the beach, which creates a stunning, voyeuristic image that underscores the man's vulnerability. Speaking about working from a balcony, Misrach says, "I always thought about it as being a god's-eye view, looking down and seeing these amazing human interactions."

Influenced by the events of 9/11, Misrach explored the ideas of someone watching. His son was in New York during the attack, and he was in Washington D.C.. Although both were okay, Misrach notes the event haunted him. Post 9/11, his family took a trip to Hawaii, which is when he created On the Beach, which is the same name of Nevil Shute's 1957 novel about a nuclear holocaust. Regarding the series, Misrach says, "It is much more about our relationship to the bigger sublime picture of things."

A pioneer of color photography since the 1970s, Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949) is known for his large-scale landscapes and investigations into human interventions on nature. His mid-career retrospective was mounted in 1996 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and his works are held in the permanent collections of numerous prominent institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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