Clark Little: The Art of Waves

Instagram sensation Clark Little shares his most remarkable photographs from inside the breaking wave, with a foreword by world surfing champion Kelly Slater.

＂One of the world’s most amazing water photographers . . . Now we get to experience up-close these moments of bliss.＂--Jack Johnson, musician and environmentalist

Surfer and photographer Clark Little creates deceptively peaceful pictures of waves by placing himself under the deadly lip as it is about to hit the sand. ＂Clark’s view＂ is a rare and dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out. Thanks to his uncanny ability to get the perfect shot--and live to share it--Little has garnered a devout audience, been the subject of award-winning documentaries, and become one of the world’s most recognizable wave photographers.

Clark Little: The Art of Waves compiles over 150 of his images, including crystalline breaking waves, the diverse marine life of Hawaii, and mind-blowing aerial photography. This collection features his most beloved pictures, as well as work that has never been published in book form, with Little’s stories and insights throughout. Journalist Jamie Brisick contributes essays on how Clark gets the shot, how waves are created, swimming with sharks, and more.

With a foreword by eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and an afterword by the author on his photographic practice and technique, Clark Little: The Art of Waves offers a rare view of the wave for us to enjoy from the safety of land.

Award-winning photographer Clark Little grew up on the North Shore of Oahu, where he made his name as a pioneer of surfing at the lethal Waimea Bay shorebreak. His images have been shared around the world, gaining him recognition for his wave photography from the walls of the Smithsonian Museum to the pages of National Geographic. Clark and his work have been featured in Nikon television commercials, along with appearances on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Today, andthe Discovery Channel. He lives on Oahu and can be found at the beach under a detonating wave most days of the week.

Jamie Brisick’s books include Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn’s Transformation into Westerly Windina, We Approach Our Martinis with Such High Expectations, and Have Board, Will Travel: The Definitive History of Surf, Skate, and Snow. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, and his writings have appeared in The New Yorker, The Surfer’s Journal, and The New York Times. He lives in Los Angeles.