일본 최초의 서핑 사진 작가로 알려진 사토 히데아키는 1970~1980년대 노스쇼어 하와이의 아름답고 향수를 불러일으키는 사진들을 모아왔다. 서핑이 눈에 띄게 발전한 시기이며, 북해안의 좋은 시절로 쉽게 빠져들 수 있다. 사토 히데아키는 일본 니가타현 출신으로 1960년대 중반부터 프리랜서 사진작가로 활동해 왔다. '끝없는 여름' 포스터와의 우연한 만남은 곧바로 그의 방향을 바꿨다. 그가 도시의 노숙자들을 기록했던 뉴욕 시내의 어둠과는 극명한 대조를 이루며, 사토는 브루스 브라운의 서사적인 서핑 영화에서 보았던 "서핑의 환상적인 느낌"이 그를 날려버렸다. 서핑의 이미지가 어떻게 믿을 수 없는 고요함과 아드레날린을 동시에 전달할 수 있는지에 매료되어 흥분을 불러일으켰다. 그는 오아후의 북쪽 해안에서 10년을 보냈고, 그곳에서 발견한 서핑 세계의 축소판 위에 안착했다. 70년대를 전후한 그 계시의 순간 이후, 히데아키 사토는 서핑뿐만 아니라 더 넓은 자연 세계에도 확고히 초점을 맞춰왔다.
∙ Pages - 220 pages
∙ Dimension - 208 x 152 x 24 mm
∙ Weight - 1 kg
∙ ISBN - 9784907354237
∙ Publisher - Bueno Books
Hideaki Sato, who was known to be the first surf photographer in Japan, has gathered his beautiful and nostalgic photographs of the North Shore Hawaii in the 1970-1980. It is a time when surfing has developed remarkably, and one can easily slip into the good old days of the North Shore. Hideaki Sato, originally from Niigata, Japan, has been travelling as a freelance photographer since the mid 1960s. A chance encounter with an Endless Summer poster immediately changed his direction. In stark contrast to the darkness of downtown NYC, where he had been documenting the city's homeless population, the "fantastic feeling of surfing" which Sato saw in Bruce Brown's epic surf movie blew him away. Enthralled by how images of surfing could at once convey both incredible serenity and adrenalin fuelled excitement. He spent the proceeding decade on O'ahu's North Shore, ensconced in the microcosm of the surfing world he found there. Since that revelatory moment around the turn of the '70s, Hideaki Sato has firmly focussed on photographic not just surfing but also the broader natural world.
Hideaki Sato, who was known to be the first surf photographer in Japan, has gathered his beautiful and nostalgic photographs of the North Shore Hawaii in the 1970-1980. It is a time when surfing has developed remarkably, and one can easily slip into the good old days of the North Shore. Hideaki Sato, originally from Niigata, Japan, has been travelling as a freelance photographer since the mid 1960s. A chance encounter with an Endless Summer poster immediately changed his direction. In stark contrast to the darkness of downtown NYC, where he had been documenting the city's homeless population, the "fantastic feeling of surfing" which Sato saw in Bruce Brown's epic surf movie blew him away. Enthralled by how images of surfing could at once convey both incredible serenity and adrenalin fuelled excitement. He spent the proceeding decade on O'ahu's North Shore, ensconced in the microcosm of the surfing world he found there. Since that revelatory moment around the turn of the '70s, Hideaki Sato has firmly focussed on photographic not just surfing but also the broader natural world.