Maggie Evans 
Growing up in la Jolla, calif, jeff divine began taking pictures of his fellow surfers in his hometown during the 1960″s and got to know the original alternative sport before the mainstream media blew it up into the commercial kingdom it has now come to be. His work took him to a staff position in 1971 with surfer magazine where he would begin the first of some 37 annual trips to the north shore of Oahu, hi and numerous worldwide trips to the best-surfing destinations. He served as photo editor for the surfer and the surfer’s journal for 35 years. Divine has one of the largest archives of surf photography that exists from 1970-2009. His published works include; masters of surf photography vol 1 (the surfer’s journal ) surfing photographs from the seventies taken by Jeff Divine ( Tom Adler books, artbook.com) surfing photographs taken in the eighties by jeff divine (Tom Adler books, artbook.com ) legends of surfing ( Duke Boyd, MVP books ) jeff divine seventies surf photographs (t.adler books/artbook.com)
