Photography | HAWAII
When his wife asked him for a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall, Clark delivered a unique and often dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out.
Ocean
Clark Little was born in Napa, California in 1968. Two years later, a move to the North Shore of Oahu (Hawaii) dramatically changed his future. In the 80s and 90s he made his name as a pioneer of surfing at the Waimea Bay shorebreak. Clark had a unique talent for taking off on hopeless closeout shorebreak waves and surviving in one piece.
In 2007, Clark discovered his ability and passion to capture the extraordinary beauty of the shorebreak when his wife asked him for a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. With the confidence of an experienced surfer, Clark jumped in the ocean, and started snapping away, recording the beauty and power of Hawaiian waves. Clark’s view is a unique and often dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out, captured in photos for all to enjoy from the safety of dry land.
Clark Little’s Successes
In less than four years, Clark has gained national and international recognition for his North Shore shorebreak wave photography with appearances on television shows Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Today Show, and ABC World News Now. Clark’s work has been published with National Geographic, Paris Match, Sierra Magazine, Stern- View, Geo, Geo International, Nature’s Best Photography, Nikon World, Rangefinder, Photo Life, Surfer’s Path, Surfer’s Journal, Surfer Magazine and Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines), among others.
Photography by Clark Little
In November 2009, Clark published his 182-page debut art book, The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. Then in August 2010, Clark opened his first gallery at 550 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, California.
Achievements this year included 2010 Oceans Photography Award by Nature’s Best Photography: Windland Smith Rice International Awards. Award-winning images will be exhibited in 2011 at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Other awards included the Pele Award for Photography (American Advertising Federation Hawaii) for all of the images in the article Breaking Point (Kahala Magazine). Also, Geo Magazine and Discovery Channel / TreeHugger. com awarded Clark with Photographer of the Year, People’s Choice Awards for 2009.
With several camera upgrades, new underwater housings and a compulsion to get that better shot, photography has become his career and the ocean has become his office.
Clark uses Water Housings Hawaii custom-made underwater housings by Taro Pascual.
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