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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Taschen America Llc
Publication date
April 15, 2013
Pages
189
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9783836545471
ISBN-10
3836545470
Dimensions
1 by 9 by 12.25 in.
Weight
2.60 lbs.
Original list price
$14.99
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Barbarian Days | Surf Craft | John Severson's Surf | Locals Only | Swell | Surfing Photographs from the Seventies Taken by Jeff Divine | The California Surf Project | TransWorld Surf | The History of Surfing
Summaries and Reviews
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Capturing the perfect wave: Tapping into the archives of America's most important surf photographer of the '60s and '70s
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At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, itâs fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream. Developed by Hawaiian islanders over five centuries ago, surfing began to peak on the mainland in the 1950sâbecoming not just a sport, but a way of life, admired and exported across the globe. One of the key image-makers from that period is LeRoy Grannis, a surfer since 1931, who began photographing the scene in California and Hawaii in the longboard era of the early 1960s.
This edition showcases Grannisâs most vibrant workâfrom the bliss of catching the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahuâs famed North Shore. An innovator in the field, Grannis suction-cupped a waterproof box to his board, enabling him to change film in the water and stay closer to the action than other photographers of the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from "surfer stomps" and hoards of fans at surf contests to board-laden woody station wagons along the Pacific Coast Highway. It is in these iconic images that a sport still in its adolescence embodied the free-spirited nature of an eraâa time before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.
This edition showcases Grannisâs most vibrant workâfrom the bliss of catching the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahuâs famed North Shore. An innovator in the field, Grannis suction-cupped a waterproof box to his board, enabling him to change film in the water and stay closer to the action than other photographers of the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from "surfer stomps" and hoards of fans at surf contests to board-laden woody station wagons along the Pacific Coast Highway. It is in these iconic images that a sport still in its adolescence embodied the free-spirited nature of an eraâa time before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.
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Text in English, French, and German
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Leroy Grannis (other contributor) |
from Taschen America Llc (April 15, 2013); titled "Leroy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s"
9783836545471 | details & prices | 189 pages | 9.00 × 12.25 × 1.00 in. | 2.60 lbs | List price $14.99
This edition also contains Leroy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s
About: Capturing the perfect wave: Tapping into the archives of America's most important surf photographer of the '60s and '70s  At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, itâs fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream.
This edition also contains Leroy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s
About: Capturing the perfect wave: Tapping into the archives of America's most important surf photographer of the '60s and '70s  At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, itâs fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream.
25 anv edition from Taschen America Llc (October 1, 2010)
9783836523974 | details & prices | 253 pages | 10.00 × 12.75 × 1.00 in. | 4.44 lbs | List price $19.99
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