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I shot this with film, back when I was staying in California for a while, and was pointing my camera more at mountain bikers than I was at surfers, due to the fact I would rather surf than miss out while taking pictures of everyone else enjoying the waves. It was a heavy day at The Wedge, with Kelly Slater, Christen Fletcher, Danny Kwock, and Strider out. I like this image from that day because it focuses on the bodyboarder, and the body surfer on the edge of this monster that demands respect from anyone who challenges it. You go out and you’re going to take a beating. Photo: Mark Wilson
A portrait of the artist: Mark Wilson.
I am a photographic artist and lifelong surfer, and I’m finally grabbing my camera more than I’m grabbing my board these days.
Most of my shots here were taken in Florida over the last year or so, due to the fact that I haven’t traveled much lately trying to acquire more camera equipment. I’m looking to getting out of town soon and see what I can create. I’ve always been a huge fan of surf art due to the escape from reality it provides, and that has been my driving force for missing out on surfing swells to shoot them, to express my vision as I see it. Now I am attempting to create imagery that is more than just a picture, but an image that gives the viewer a sense of time and place, and hopefully…escape from reality. Thanks for checking out my work.
View more of Mark’s work here.