In Surf Tribe, photographer Stephan Vanfleteren pictures talented youngsters as well as living icons and revered legends, competition surfers as well as free surfers. In this book there are no action shots on azure blue waves; instead, you’ll find serene black and white portraits in Vanfleteren’s well-known, haunting style. He reveals the real person behind the surfer, in all his or her strength and vulnerability. This series of images penetrates to the true heart of surf culture: the love for the water, the addiction to the waves, the passion for the surf.
With more than 300 portraits of, among others, Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, John John Florence, Laird Hamilton, Bethany Hamilton, Greg Noll, Stephanie Gilmore, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Mickey Munoz, Filipe Toledo and Tom Carroll.
Photography: Stephan Vanfleteren
Book design: Tim Bisschop
Client: Hannibal Publishing & Stephan Vanfleteren
Finishing: hardcover, linen, hotfoil stamp
Printing company: Die Keure Brugge, BE
Binding: Brepols Turnhout, Belgium
Finishing: hardcover, linen, hotfoil stamp
Printing company: Die Keure Brugge, BE
Binding: Brepols Turnhout, Belgium
more on www.timbisschop.be
Order book: http://www.uitgeverijkannibaal.be/surf-tribe
