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Personal Project
Overview
A very distinctive feeling arises among surfers when we look at photos of waves. It is almost like an addiction or game that you can’t stop playing. You focus on how they break, where you would position yourself, and how you would surf them. It is an imaginary exercise that has always fascinated me and for this reason, I began working on a project which could transmit this feeling.
Firstly I located good surf spots around the world with the condition that “there should be at least five waves breaking at the same time”. Once finding them, I searched for photos which recreated these scenes by capturing the characteristic way in which the waves break. The result was a collection of nine places renowned worldwide for their waves “on their best days”.
These surf spots are: Superbank, Australia; Anchor Point, Morocco; Jeffreys Bay, South Africa; Rincon, USA; Skeleton Bay, Namibia; Uluwatu, Indonesia; Chicama, Peru; The Pass, Australia; and Pavones, Costa Rica.
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Hay una sensación muy común dentro del mundo del surf cuando ves fotos de olas. Es como un vicio o juego que no puedes evitar. Te fijas en cómo rompen, dónde te colocarías o cómo la surfearías. Es un ejercicio de imaginación que siempre me ha fascinado y por este motivo, empecé a trabajar en un proyecto que pudiese transmitir esta sensación.
Primero localicé lugares de surf por todo el mundo con la condición que "debían tener al menos cinco olas rompiendo al mismo tiempo". Tras encontrarlos, busqué fotos de esos lugares para tratar de recrearlos con su manera característica de romper las olas. El resultado fue una colección de nueve lugares mundialmente conocidos por sus olas “en sus mejores días”.
Esos lugares son: Superbank, Australia; Anchor Point, Marruecos; Jeffreys Bay, Sudáfrica; Rincón, EEUU; Skeleton Bay, Namibia; Uluwatu, Indonesia; Chicama, Perú; The Pass, Australia; y Pavones, Costa Rica.
Nine Lineups
A very distinctive feeling arises among surfers when we look at photos of waves. It is almost like an addiction or game that you can’t stop playing. You focus on how they break, where you would position yourself, and how you would surf them. It is an imaginary exercise that has always fascinated me and for this reason I began working on a project which could transmit this feeling.
Firstly I located good surf spots around the world with the condition that “there should be at least five waves breaking at the same time”. Once finding them, I searched for photos which recreated these scenes by capturing the characteristic way in which the waves break. The result was a collection of nine places renowned worldwide for their waves “on their best days”.
These surf spots are: Superbank, Australia; Anchor Point, Morocco; Jeffreys Bay, South Africa; Rincon, USA; Skeleton Bay, Namibia; Uluwatu, Indonesia; Chicama, Peru; The Pass, Australia; and Pavones, Costa Rica.
You can download them for free and get them develop at your local print store. Alternatively, if you would prefer them to be sent to your door you can buy them on Pencilmatic Decals, a British company which produces ecological vinyls. They deliver all around the world.
Superbank - Australia
Jeffreys Bay - South Africa
Anchor Point - Morocco
Rincon - California
Skeleton Bay - Namibia
Uluwatu - Bali
Chicama - Peru
The Pass - Australia
Pavones - Costa Rica