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Surf Tribe by Stephan Vanfleteren

Surf Tribe

Stephan Vanfleteren

Hannibal Publishers · Print & ebook · May 25, 2018

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Portrait PhotographySports PhotographySurfing
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Who it’s for
Stephan Vanfleteren photographs surfers worldwide, looking beyond competition to their relationship with the ocean.
Themes
Surf culture, Respect for the ocean, Surfer community
Pacing
Reflective

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About this book

With Surf Tribe, photographer Stephan Vanfleteren shows that there is far more to surf culture than just sport and competition. Surfing is also about a deep admiration and respect for the ocean, as well as the feeling of insignificance when confronted with the forces of nature. Surfers use the waves for fun, but also to forget and to battle, both with others and with themselves.

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Vanfleteren looks beyond the traditional borders of the United States and Australia and searches the globe for people who live in places where sea and land meet. He documents a fluid community, with nature as its sole leader. He has sought out young talent, living icons, and old legends, both competitive and free surfers. The photographs here are serene black and white portraits in Vanfleteren's well-known, haunting style; as always, he reaches below the surface and goes to the core of his subjects. Included, amongst many others, are Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, John Florence, Mickey Munoz, Filipe Toledo and Stephanie Gilmore. Surfer, journalist, and actor Gerry Lopez has contributed the Foreword. Surf Tribe has been exhibited in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), Kunsthal Rotterdam (Netherlands), Gallery Kahmann Amsterdam (Netherlands). The next exhibition will be in June 2019 in France. If you are interested in the stories behind the book, go to: www.surftribe.be

Surfers and the Ocean

Stephan Vanfleteren photographs surfers worldwide, looking beyond competition to their relationship with the ocean.

Come here for

  • Serene black-and-white portraits of surfers across generations
  • Surf culture beyond sport and competition

Expect

  • Portraits of young talent, living icons, and old legends
  • A focus on admiration for the ocean and nature’s force

Where it sits

Surfing55%
Portrait Photography36%
Sports Photography23%

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Publisher categories

  • Photographer Monographs
  • Portrait Photography
  • Surfing
Authors
Stephan Vanfleteren
Publisher
Hannibal Publishers
Published
May 25, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Surf culture · Respect for the ocean · Surfer community
Reading lane
Photographer Monographs