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LeRoy Grannis. Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s

English, French, German

By (author): Steve Barilotti

At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, its 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 1950sbecoming 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 longboard era of the early 1960s in both California and Hawaii.

This edition brings back Granniss hair-raising, sold-out Collectors Edition, curated from the photographers personal archives, to showcase his most vibrant work in a compact and affordable formatfrom the bliss of catching the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahus 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 any other photographer of the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from surfer stomps and hordes 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 eraa time before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.

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  • Weight: 1596g
  • Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Apr 2018
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Publication City/Country: Germany
  • Language: English, French, German
  • ISBN13: 9783836566797

About Steve Barilotti

Over the past decade working as Surfer magazine's globe-roaming editor at large photojournalist Steve Barilotti has made it his business to document the sport art and lore of surfing. He has also written for The Perfect Day and books by renowned surf photographers Art Brewer and Ted Grambeau. Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN. A cultural anthropologist historian and an avid collector he has authored numerous titles on architecture pop culture and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood including TASCHENs Surfing Los Angeles. Portrait of a City California Crazy and the All-American Ads series. LeRoy Grannis began surfing at age 14 but it wasnt until the age of 42 that he picked up a camera and made a career out of it. Under doctors orders to take up a hobby Grannis began shooting surfers at Hermosa Beach and Photo: Grannis quickly became a hallmark of the California surf scene of the 1960s. Grannis is considered one of the most important documentarians of the sport and was inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame in 1966. He died on February 3 2011.

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