Surf tribe / Stephan Vanfleteren ; foreword by Gerry Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanfleteren, Stephan, 1969-

Contributor:

Lopez, Gerry, 1948-

Cultureel Centrum Scharpoord (Knokke, Belgium)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vanfleteren, Stephan, 1969---Exhibitions.

Vanfleteren, Stephan.

Vanfleteren, Stephan, 1969-.

Surfers--Portraits--Exhibitions.

Surfers.

Portrait photography--Exhibitions.

Portrait photography.

Black-and-white photography--Exhibitions.

Black-and-white photography.

Genre:

Portraits.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

398 pages : portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

[Lichtervelde] : Hannibal, [2018]

Summary:

With 'Surf Tribe', photographer Stephan Vanfleteren shows that there is far more to surf culture than just sport and competition. Surfing is also about a deep admiration and respect for the ocean, as well as the feeling of insignificance when confronted with the forces of nature. Surfers use the waves for fun, but also to forget and to battle, both with others and with themselves. Vanfleteren looks beyond the traditional borders of the United States and Australia and searches the globe for people who live in places where sea and land meet. He documents a fluid community, which has nature as its sole leader. He portrays both young talent as well as living icons and old legends, both competition surfers and freesurfers. No action shots on azure blue waves but static and serene black and white portraits in Vanfleteren's well-known, haunting style, which show the real people behind the surfers, in all their strength and vulnerability. A series of images that penetrates to the true core of surf culture. Exhibition: CC Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (24.03.-28.05.2018).

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Cultureel Centrum Scharpoord, March 24 - May 28, 2018.

ISBN:

9789492677365

9492677369

OCLC:

1029654768