Clark Little. =)

 

Found some incredibly awesome pictures on China FB today and decided that it was a Must-Share. : )

So peeps!!! Rub your eyes and be awed by the heart-stopping beauty of the sea waves!!

All the pics below are taken by Mr Clark Little.

If you want to know more about him, read!

Clark Little was born in Napa, California in 1968. Two years later, a move to the North Shore of Oahu (Hawaii) dramatically changed his future. In the 80’s and 90’s he made his name as a pioneer of surfing at the Waimea Bay shorebreak. Clark had a unique talent for taking off on hopeless closeout shorebreak waves and surviving in one piece.

In 2007, Clark discovered his ability and passion to capture the extraordinary beauty of the shorebreak when his wife asked him for a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. With the confidence of an experienced surfer, Clark jumped in the ocean, and started snapping away, recording the beauty and power of Hawaiian waves. "Clark’s view" is a unique and often dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out, captured in photos for all to enjoy from the safety of dry land.

 

 

 

 

 

In just four years, Clark has gained national and international recognition for his North Shore shorebreak wave photography with appearances on television shows Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Today Show, and ABC World News Now.

 

 

 

 

 

Clark’s work has been published with National Geographic, Paris Match, Sierra Magazine, Stern-View, Geo, Geo International, Nature’s Best Photography, Nikon World, Rangefinder, Photo Life, Surfer's Path, Surfer’s Journal, Surfer Magazine, Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) among others.

 

 

 

 

In November 2009, Clark published his 182-page debut art book, The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. Then in August 2010, Clark opened his first gallery in Laguna Beach, California. A second gallery was open six months later in his hometown of Haleiwa, Hawaii just down the road from many of the North Shore beaches featured in his photography.

 

 

 

Achievements this year included the 2010 Oceans Photography Award by Nature’s Best Photography: Windland Smith Rice International Awards. Several award winning images will be exhibited in 2011 at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Other awards included the 2010 Pele Award for Photography (American Advertising Federation Hawaii) for the photographs in the article Breaking Point (Kahala Magazine). Also, Geo Magazine and Discovery Channel / TreeHugger.com awarded Clark with Photographer of the Year, People's Choice Awards for 2009.

With several camera upgrades, new underwater housings and a compulsion to get that better shot, photography has become his career and the ocean has become his office.

 

 

 

 

 

The water is sooooo clear that you can see all the sand particles vividly!

 

 

 

 

Isn’t it just like a tunnel? =) A pathway to Narnia!

 

 

 

 

The colour!!

 

 

 

 

Sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

And here’s the great photographer, Clark Little! Salute!

 

 

 

I enjoy the power and beauty of the thick bombs that roll through. Now I can capture some of those heavy moments without getting slammed. Well... most of the time.

- Clark Little