Descrizione
InSurf Tribe, photographer Stephan Vanfleteren shows that there is far more tosurf culturethan just competitive sport. Surfing is also about adeep respect for the ocean, as well as that moment of insignificance surfers feel when confronted with the forces of nature. It’s about battles won and lost, both with other surfers and with themselves.
Vanfleteren looks beyond the traditional surf spots ofCalifornia and Hawaiiand searchesthe globefor people who live in places where sea and land meet. He documents a fluid community, which hasnature as its one and only leader.
He picturestalented youngstersas well asliving icons and revered legends,competition surfersas well asfree surfers. In this book there are no action shots on azure blue waves; instead, you’ll find sereneblack and white portraitsin Vanfleteren’s well-known, haunting style. He reveals the real person behind the surfer, in all his or herstrength and vulnerability. This series of images penetrates to the true heart of surf culture:the love for the water, the addiction to the waves, the passion for the surf.
With more than300 portraitsof, among others,Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, John John Florence, Laird Hamilton, Bethany Hamilton, Greg Noll, Stephanie Gilmore, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Mickey Munoz, Filipe Toledo and Tom Carroll.
With a preface by surf legend Gerry Lopez.
Edition: 2018
Reprinted: 2024
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