Surf Photographer Clark Little
Surf photographer Clark Little – Getting that perfect shot
Getting tossed around by shore break and slammed into the sand day after day is a rough go; Clark Little wouldn’t have it any other way. In fact, for the North Shore local, it’s all in a good day’s work.
But the Waimea addict didn’t grow up snapping shots with his father’s camera like so many photographers do. He instead set out to capture his longtime stomping grounds when his wife came home with a framed photograph of Waimea shore break, an image he figured he would be able to easily replicate.
Having never owned a camera, he threw a cheap “waterproof” casing over a cheaper point-and-shoot and headed out to the beach.
The gift that kept on giving
Since that first attempt, Clark has not only emulated his wife’s purchased wall art. He also published his first book of art (The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little) – November 2009. Then, in 2011 he opened up his very own gallery (Clark Little Gallery Haleiwa) in his home town Haleiwa – Hawaii. He then publishing his 2nd book (Shorebreak), and another called (Waves of North Shore) in 2014. Furthermore, in 2016, the film SHOREBREAK: The Clark Little Story was released.
This super star got international recognition very quickly, and has become a heavily respected fixture of wave photography.
Surf photographer Clark little is living proof that you can ‘live the dream’!
“The shorebreak is my comfort zone. I absolutely love it. It’s always different. The light, the colors, the water, the sand and what happens to it. And to be there to capture it and share it with the world… what a dream.”
Check out how he became an overnight super star.