The original version of this blog was posted 17 Nov April 2018. This version has an additional image and has been re-formatted.
In the 80s NZ surf photographer Ric Chan worked for West Coast Surf Magazine in WA.
Surf photographers are creative animals and have been known to enhance their images for assorted reasons. They either disguise surf locations, turn naturals into goofies or just add extra spice to the image.
In 1980 Ric flipped an image of a Rabbits beach Yallingup right-hander so it appeared as a left-hander and then pasted an image of a goofy-footer surfer in the barrel.
Ric’s modified image was published in a 1980s West Coast Surfer magazine with the caption ‘Fantasy Wave’.
1980 Ric ‘Charlie’ Chan Advertising Executive and Photography West Coast Surfer magazine. Ric Chan pic Image #1. 1980 Rabbits beach right hand barrel by Ric Chan (original image).
Image #2. 1980 Fantasy Wave by Ric Chan (modified image).
The original version of this blog was posted 17 Nov April 2018. This version has an additional image and has been re-formatted.
In the 80s NZ surf photographer Ric Chan worked for West Coast Surf Magazine in WA.
Surf photographers are creative animals and have been known to enhance their images for assorted reasons. They either disguise surf locations, turn naturals into goofies or just add extra spice to the image.
In 1980 Ric flipped an image of a Rabbits beach Yallingup right-hander so it appeared as a left-hander and then pasted an image of a goofy-footer surfer in the barrel.
Ric’s modified image was published in a 1980s West Coast Surfer magazine with the caption ‘Fantasy Wave’.
Creative stuff pre-Photoshop😊
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