Jeff Divine: 70s Surf Photographs by Jeff Divine
A colorful, insider portrait of 70s surf culture, with a foreword by Pulitzer Prizewinning author William Finnegan
Long before YouTube and Instagram, Jeff Divine’s images could capture mood, athleticism and cool in a single image* C Magazine *
Surfing isn’t just sport: it has its own language, codes and culture. It’s like sailing communities, historically, or skate culture today. It’s often hard to explain it to outsiders.. -- Edward Siddons * Guardian *
Jeff Divine’s images of surfers in Hawaii and California are sun-dappled paeans to a long-lost past, when hippies were cool, surfing was yet to “sell out, man” and boards were used as vessels in which to smuggle hash. -- Emily Gosling * Elephant *
Taken in California and Hawaii, Divine captures the beginning of the surf scene in the 1970s, when he himself was a keen surfer and worked as photo editor for two of the sport’s most esteemed magazines, Surfer and Surfer’s Journal. -- Belle Hutton * AnOther *
Before commercialism and branding caught up with the sport, it was just about riding waves. A new book conveys the spirit of 70s surf culture -- Julia Vitale * Airmail *
Sun-drenched photos capture the golden age of surfing. -- Oscar Holland * CNN *
In Divine’s sumptuous colour and black and white photographs, we join bands of teenage boys as they invent the culture and the sport that would soon take the world by storm. -- Sara Rosen * AnOther *
[a] colourful portrait of 1970s surf culture -- Katy Cowan * Creative Boom *
Surfing isn’t just sport: it has its own language, codes and culture. It’s like sailing communities, historically, or skate culture today. It’s often hard to explain it to outsiders.. -- Edward Siddons * Guardian *
Jeff Divine’s images of surfers in Hawaii and California are sun-dappled paeans to a long-lost past, when hippies were cool, surfing was yet to “sell out, man” and boards were used as vessels in which to smuggle hash. -- Emily Gosling * Elephant *
Taken in California and Hawaii, Divine captures the beginning of the surf scene in the 1970s, when he himself was a keen surfer and worked as photo editor for two of the sport’s most esteemed magazines, Surfer and Surfer’s Journal. -- Belle Hutton * AnOther *
Before commercialism and branding caught up with the sport, it was just about riding waves. A new book conveys the spirit of 70s surf culture -- Julia Vitale * Airmail *
Sun-drenched photos capture the golden age of surfing. -- Oscar Holland * CNN *
In Divine’s sumptuous colour and black and white photographs, we join bands of teenage boys as they invent the culture and the sport that would soon take the world by storm. -- Sara Rosen * AnOther *
[a] colourful portrait of 1970s surf culture -- Katy Cowan * Creative Boom *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781942884606 |
| ISBN 10 | 1942884605 |
| Title | Jeff Divine: 70s Surf Photographs |
| Author | Jeff Divine |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Distributed Art Publishers |
| Year published | 2020-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 148 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |