“It’s just about being present and pushing a button,” says Outer Banks-based photographer Daniel Pullen (
@danielpullen ). “I’m not traveling the world, but I can swim out, shoot a surf photo the way I want to, and leave happy. There’s always a way to incorporate both action and peripherals and show what it’s really like to be a surfer here—all huddled behind the sand dune in February when the northwest wind’s cutting right through you and you’re getting ready for the next session.” Pick up a copy of TSJ 33.2 to view Pullen’s portfolio and to read the introduction by Matt Pruett (
@pruettnam ).
Captions by Pullen.
1. When these houses were built in the ’80s, there was a double dune line and 200 yards of sand between them and the high-tide line. Now there’s nothing.
2. Brett Barley (
@brettbarley ), picking up the scraps of a nor’easter cleanup swell.
3. Hurricane Sandy, 2012. I remember walking by and seeing this perfect 8-inch wave peeling across the street. I watched it for hours. Part of me hopes to never see this little wave again. If it’s breaking, it means we’re getting hammered by a storm.
4. Over the years, this Futuro house ranged from rental to hot-dog stand to weird piece of trash on the side of the highway.
5. TSJ 33.2’s “Decisive Moments: Documentary photography and surf interstices in the Outer Banks.” Photos by Daniel Pullen. Introduction by Matt Pruett.
