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Cale Grigson, House: It was a terrible bit of advice in the morning from two local weathered fisherman: “If guys are surfing around the corner, be careful because we had one great white bump the boat and another one harassing the motor yesterday.” Not exactly what you want to hear when you're swimming around. Photo: Russell Ord
I was asked for fifteen photos that have changed, inspired, or created my style of photography. It was a daunting task. To be brutally honest, I cannot come up with fifteen photos (not even close) I have hundreds of slides and a small wall of hard drives filled with some pretty nice images that I’ve amassed over time, but I dislike 99% of them. Yes, there are some magic moments in time, but that’s all they have become for me. The images don’t speak to me – I never had that personal experience of capturing the actual moment in time. It was always the surfer’s experience and wave of a lifetime; memories etched deeply into the mind. My submissions are moments of personal experiences that have changed the way I look at my photography and even changed my life.
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