Surf #1880, 2011
"if you want to make significant photographs, to a certain degree one of the keys is to have a relationship with the subject material that is in itself deep…" - Chip Hooper
Chip Hooper's photographs of the Pacific Ocean capture transient moments when light and water coalesce in transcendent beauty. The images included in California's Pacific are the distillation of Hooper's artistic career–having found his ideal subject matter, he has produced his most accomplished work to date. Hooper felt a kinship with the ocean from a young age; he began making prints at age 12 and constructed a darkroom in the basement of his childhood home.