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North Shore Resident Captures Ocean’s Beauty With Photos
BY ELLISE KAKAZU
World-renowned photogra- pher and North Shore resident Clark Little is riding a long wave of success, and showing no signs of slowing down.
The culmination of Little’s work can be found in his book, The Art of Waves, which was released this year. He says this is his best and most likely last book — he has published a few others years ago. It con- tains more than 140 stunning photos, a series of essays writ- ten by journalist Jamie Brisick and a foreword by world champion surfer Kelly Slater.
Clark Little takes a selfie with a rainbow. PHOTOS COURTESY CLARK LITTLE
Ocean Eagle (above left) and Marlin (above right) are photos by world-recognized photographer Clark Little.
Little’s work was featured in National Geographic, the Smithsonian National Mu- seum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and many commercial partnerships with brands like Apple and Nike. The list goes on.
self most of the time and just get tossed around. Once in a while, I’d make it out of a tube, but it was mostly just getting into giant close- out waves and then taking the beatings. I had no idea surfing the shorebreak as a kid would help me become a photographer later in life.”
Little says he has taken about a million shots through- out his career, but only keeps and shares a fraction of that number. A few of his standout
“Find something you’re passionate about and do that a lot,” Little says. “If you’re ex-
one on land shooting waves. I looked at it, and thought I could get a better shot. I was so convinced, she returned it. I figured all of those years of surfing in big closeout waves, ifIhadacamerawithme,I could get in the water, really close, and get an epic shot. I went on Amazon and ordered a cheap waterproof case for my point-and-shoot camera, and then jumped in to try it out. That’s how it all started 15 years ago. My camera was really lousy, but I could see the potential.”
ture the beauty of the ocean. “When I was younger, surf- ing Waimea shorebreak was
room,” Little explains. “I’d hear him talk about photog- raphy and see photos all over our house. But my own pho- tography started and took off after my dad retired. Funny how things turned out.”
favorites are Rainbow Shave Ice, Marlin, Last Blast, Flying Honu and Ocean Eagle.
cited to wake up each morning and do that thing, it’s a sign you’re onto something.”
my thing,” Little says.
“I’d be out there by my-
Little’s future continues to look bright and blue. And while his images continue to fill homes and notable spaces, he hopes others also will catch their own wave of passion.
His book The Art of Waves can be found at Barnes & No- ble, Target, Amazon and many local shops, like Clark Little Gallery located at Hale‘iwa Store Lots (near Matsumoto Shave Ice). It also can be or- dered online at clarklittlepho- tography.com.
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Although his work as a pho- tographer brought much fame, he acknowledges his humble beginnings.
Diving into the water with his ability to surf, specifically the shorebreak, and the mo- tivation to get a photo for his wife, Little got the shot and more.
It seems everything just fell, or rather, crashed into place for him. But Little admits pho- tography isn’t something that just came into his life out of the blue. His father Jim Little was a photography teacher at Punahou School and Leeward Community College.
“How I got started was all because my wife wanted a picture for our bedroom wall,” explains Little. “I thank her of- ten for this. She bought a pic- ture of a wave from a gallery and brought it home to put on our wall. It was taken by some-
With no prior photography experience, he leaned on his background as a surfer to cap-
“I’d hang out with my dad on the weekends in the dark
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Contact City Councilmem- ber Heidi Tsuneyoshi (Dis- trict 2 — Mililani Mauka, Wahiawā, Mokulēʻia, Waia- lua, Haleʻiwa, Pūpūkea, Sunset Beach, Kahuku, Lāʻie, Hauʻula, Punaluʻu, Kahana, Kaʻaʻawa, Kualoa, Waiāhole and Kahaluʻu) at 808-768-5002 or htsuney- oshi@honolulu.gov.
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