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.

From the Publisher

With the sun behind the wave, a tube is backlit turning it yellow and green.

A liquid cave with a window. The shot is timed perfectly by laying on the dry sand just as the ocean unleashes.

Who’s going to blink first? Clark Little and a tiger shark checking each other out. Photo by Juan Oliphant.

Bird’s-eye-view of a rocky Hawaiian shoreline as swells surge back and forth.

Utilizing a strobe flash mounted to the camera, the lip of a wave is illuminated during a tropical sunset.

Clark Little holding his position until the last second to get the shot. Photo by Dane Little.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press (April 5, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984859781
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984859785
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.29 x 0.98 x 10.28 inches