LeRoy Grannis
Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s
$80.61
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2018
Summary
At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, it’s 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 1950s—becoming 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 longboar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836566797 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836566796 |
| Author: | Steve Barilotti, Jim Heimann, Leroy Grannis |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.61kg |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 170mm x 240mm |
Critics Review
“Grannis’s pictures are startling. The scenes they record and breaks they document are pristinely beautiful and impossibly vacant.”
Grannis’s pictures are startling. The scenes they record and breaks they document are pristinely beautiful and impossibly vacant. * The New York Times *
Steve Barilotti
Steve Barilotti has spent the past decade as Surfer magazine’s globe-roaming editor at large, documenting the sport, art, and lore of surfing as a photojournalist. He has also written for The Perfect Day and books by surf photographers Art Brewer and Ted Grambeau.
Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN’s Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.
LeRoy Grannis began surfing at age 14, but didn’t pick up a camera and make a career out of it until age 42. Under doctor’s 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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