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A nostalgic moment, this image of a surfer was one of the very first to make it into my portfolios when I started shooting professionally in 1983. I moved to Hollywood from Italy to become a photographer and very soon found Laguna Beach. In those days it was still something of a bohemian haven for the artists, surfers and gay boys who all lived and played there on its beautiful beaches.

More than 30 years later this image of a surfer without a wave to ride remains in my collection because it reminds me how simple it is to take a picture. Even a good one. I knew nothing of technique then and everything was hand-metered and I had to trust my eyes instead of a preview pane on the back of the camera.

I believe the image was shot on Kodachrome or Fujichrome with a Nikkor 105 1.8 and subsequently printed on Cibachrome. This scan is from that ciba print. There is a problem with the scanning of course and one of these days I'll redo it. I share this flawed scan because it's the closest I have to the original unmanipulated image.

Description
A nostalgic moment, this image of a surfer was one of the very first to make it into my portfolios when I started shooting professionally in 1983. I moved to Hollywood from Italy to become a photographer and very soon found Laguna Beach. In those days it was still something of a bohemian haven for the artists, surfers and gay boys who all lived and played there on its beautiful beaches.

More than 30 years later this image of a surfer without a wave to ride remains in my collection because it reminds me how simple it is to take a picture. Even a good one. I knew nothing of technique then and everything was hand-metered and I had to trust my eyes instead of a preview pane on the back of the camera.

I believe the image was shot on Kodachrome or Fujichrome with a Nikkor 105 1.8 and subsequently printed on Cibachrome. This scan is from that ciba print. There is a problem with the scanning of course and one of these days I'll redo it. I share this flawed scan because it's the closest I have to the original unmanipulated image.