Later he could be seen in the beach parking lot, behind his van, a towel wrapped around his middle, changing out of his we summer suit. Raymond Pettibon Towel, $50 for a killer piece of art, though not one of a kind. Great if you can’t afford the real thing, like must of us non-banker [...]
ART GALLERY: THOMAS CAMPBELL | Surfline Surfline presents a mind-bendingly awesome presentation of Thomas Campbell’s artistic output complete with his voice over. 28 slides in all, this is by far the biggest peek into the process behind his work, that I’ve personally seen. Amazing. The biggest thing I took away from this presentation? I need [...]
photo of Weisbecker by one of my inspirations: Joni Sternbach Captain Zero Allan Weisbecker drops a doozy on us, in the latest update of his newsletter: ICU Pshychosis, an Explanation. This post concerns epidemiology, the end of oil, governmental deceit, Black Death and the earth’s inability to feed more than 2 Billion people without oil [...]
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photo by José Leonel Salazar Amazing photo pilfered from Magic Seaweed, taken by Arrobo. Pascuales is a crushing beach break in Colima near Tecoman. Legend has it that the break is even more dangerous when it’s small as it breaks in shallower water. A friend went down about a month ago and came back with [...]
Jim Moriarty, CEO of Surfrider Foundation, has a new semi-annual videocast series called 5’10″1. The concept is to talk about 5 concepts in 10 minutes. Quick, simple and dialed in. The videocast format is a brilliant way for Jim to quickly update the masses on Surfrider’s focus and goals. Delivery of transparent information in a [...]
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Kate Czuczman has a brilliant article in the July issue of Surf Girl Magazine. The article is about taking surf photography back to its artist roots via film: The Film Revolution — what is it? Kate Czuczman takes a look at at the photographic revolution that’s going on and highlights four photographers whose work personifies [...]
Lately, I’ve been dreaming about the surfing on display in this sequence, so smooth, I find myself stalking M.Caro’s Stubbie page on his Mandala site. The video gets played over and over in an infinite loop. In my mind’s eye I surf like this hombre, or at least I attempt to. Watch the video, then [...]
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tin type photography by Joni Sterbach Joni Sternbach’s Surfers series is absolutely mind-blowing, done with wet plate technique. The images in the series are almost timeless, pulled by the current styles of boards, stickers, hair and clothing styles and contrasted by the old-school technique of wet plate collodian process and the dream-like qualities of the [...]
image from Michael Dweck’s Montauk series Michael Dweck has some gorgeous photography, especially his Montauk series of 50s era surf-culture / americana inspired shots, his book looks amazing. [via The Year in Pictures]