Sea Gods

Through more than 40 portraits of Australian Surfing identifies, award winning photographer Ashley Jones-Evans creates a pantheon of gods; a photographic collection of heroes and trailblazers who made Australian surfing history.

The images in this exhibition call on classical statuary to render the men and women as heroes and gods. Shot in monochromatic tones, each surfer is posed vertically against an infinite and blinding horizon line, with a crispness and detail that ensures the viewer is also the subject, assessed by the eyes of the Sea Gods.

The exhibition gives a sense of the sport through the figures, with a rich tapestry of life included. Young, emerging champions stare confidently at the viewer, while others seem slightly hesitant about the process and their inclusion. The images were originally shot to form a book of the same name. This exhibition is the first time these works have been seen outside of the publication.