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Surfing Photographs from the Seventies Taken by Jeff Divine | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Hulet
Creator: Jeff Divine
Publisher: T. Adler Books
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
Buy New: $17.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 179291
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 9.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1890481238
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.320222
EAN: 9781890481230
ASIN: 1890481238
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Product 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."
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Wonderful Photographs! November 2, 2008
Sara Dorman (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this book and had high expectations, which it certainly lived up to! My boyfriend is the surfer/photographer and we both thought the whole lay-out and design not to mention the photographs were wonderful. Definitely recommend this to any photography or surfer buff!
Simply Divine October 22, 2008
Whamo (San Clemente, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After my old friend Ron Stoner vanished into the mystic, Jeff Divine became my favorite surf photographer in the 70's. His shots were clean- and-green or sharply contrasted black-and-white. One of the reasons the islands became so popular in the 70's was Divine's photos in SURFER. Everybody saw them, got stoked, and jumped on a 707. Whenever I reminisce about the old days of soul arches, single fins, and big bottom turns I pick this book off the shelf. Divine's photographs reveal a stoke unique to the era.
if you love surfing...& even if you do not... August 7, 2006
Gabrielle Oneill (LA, CA United States)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
this is an amazing book- some of the best surf pictures (in my opinion) during one of the most visually inspiring era's of surfing. the pages are arranged in such a way so as to not distract you from their content, the printing is awesome and there's not a single shot not worthy of a poster size above your bed. this book will not harsh your mellow- it will make you want to move to lucadia, ride only a single fin & get a job wrapping surf wax for .25 cents per bar....
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