Jeff Divine

Surfing Photographs from the Seventies Taken by Jeff Divine
Publisher's Description
As a teenager taking pictures of fellow surfers in 1960s La Jolla, Jeff Divine got
to know the original alternative sport before the X-Games were even a gleam
in a producer’s eye. Through this rare collection of photographs from the
momentous decade that followed, he conveys the feeling of being on the beach
in its most creative era, being present at the inception of a subculture too large
and photogenic to stay down long. The style, the athleticism and the escapism
in these images will be familiar to those with even a lazy eye on pop culture:
surfing is on the rise again. Of its first time around, Divine says,“Yes, I had long
hair. And Pendletons, Mexican wedding shirts, bell bottoms, Wallabies, Zig Zags
and tuna, wheat bread, and sprouts in the fridge. Santana, The Dead, Jesse Colin
Young, Steppenwolf, Moby Grape, The Stones, Beatles and Clifton Chenier on
the stereo. Hippie seamstresses made us custom shirts with embroidered necks
and coconut buttons. I had a beaded curtain through which you entered my
den. No, I didn’t have any black light posters, but I did have the Juan O. Gorman
poster “Flores Imaginarias” and Ortner at 3M’s on the wall. Reading material?
The Life Photography Series, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, M.C. Escher art books,
Zap comics, or the Carlos Castaneda series. But our prize possessions were our
garage-made surfboards all lined up in the side yard. They mattered the most.”
ISBN: 1890481238
Publisher: T. Adler Books
Hardcover : 96 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inches
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Publisher: T. Adler Books
Hardcover : 96 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inches