November 8, 2008, 9:59 pm : Elizabeth Pepin’s Gem
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There are surf photographers out there right now pushing the envelope of creativity. There are surf photographers out there right now whose images can transcend the act into timelessness. It is actually quite rare to have both of these going for you at once, but when it occurs, the results are similar to Pepin’s images.
Her Gem, to me (for completely selfish and self serving purposes) is this shot of Long Beach, NY during her visit to the East Coast for the New York Surf Film Festival. As a removed local of this perfect hive of a surf town, this shot reminds me of special days, where you quite possibly caught the best waves of your life. Fall and hurricane season sometimes sending up to three weeks of constant swell right to you. Dream the dream, it can happen. No better time to be a New Yorker.
