Showing posts with label photographer. Grannis. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Vale Leeroy Granis

Revered surfing photographer LeRoy Grannis passed away at 93 last Thursday.

A key proponent in the rise of surf photography in the 1960s, he later went on to co-found International Surfing Magazine, an early incantation of Surfing magazine.

A master of the lens, Grannis sold his first photograph to Reef Magazine for $7. He went on to becomea true master of the lens..

Read more about this incredibly talented man at Surfers Village.