The Visual Arts

Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise
by Allan Weisbecker

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In future issues I'll be profiling photographers and artists who have one thing in common: They are friends of mine. (Plus they all surf.) Here are some samples of their work, plus portraits of the artists.

The Photography of Walter Iooss

In the future, we will have an interview with Walter Iooss in which Walter and I deconstruct one of his favorite images. We’ll just blab about it, see where that leads. Walter is simply one of the best photographers on the planet, and is a great storyteller. But in the meantime, here's a sample of some of his amazing photos.

Starry Night

If you remember the Don McLean song, “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” you probably also remember it was a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. Here’s the song, and some of van Gogh’s art…

Weisbecker's Photo Portfolio

Although I'm primarily a writer, I've dabbled in photojournalism as well: I've done the photography for many of my own stories, in magazines as diverse as Men's Journal, Smithsonian, Sailing, American Cowboy, Popular Photography, plus virtually all the surf magazines. My approach to photography is a version of the old "F-8 and be there" aphorism: "Lead an interesting life... Oh, and bring a camera."

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is the recognition of the pattern.

Alfred North Whitehead

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