SURF'S UP!

ANNOUNCING TWO GREAT CALIFORNIA EVENTS FOR

JONI STERNBACH: 
SURF SITE TIN TYPE

Saturday, February 20
Talk, Book Party & Signing, 7-9pm
Sawyer Land & Sea Supply,  Santa Cruz

Saturday, February 27
Book Party & Signing, 2-4pm
Tower 20, Santa Monica

In her acclaimed monograph Surf Site Tin Type (Damiani) American photographer 
Joni Sternbach  gathers the worldwide surfer community together in a series of fascinating portraits that celebrate surfing as a sport and way of life. Using the nineteenth-century wet-plate collodion process with a large-format camera, Sternbach creates one-of-a-kind tintypes that capture the bold individualism of the men and women who live to ride the waves.  From the United States to Australia to Cornwall in England, Surf Site Tin Type brings us surfing legends, current stars and local practitioners portrayed in exquisitely detailed images. 
 
Since its publication last year, Surf Site Tin Type  has captivated art and photography fans and the surfer community alike. The first edition sold out quickly, hastening a second printing.  The celebration for Joni Sternbach's stunning volume continues with book events at two great West Coast venues. As much of the country is still digging out of the snow, it's great to ride the waves with Sternbach's surfers!  Following are details:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
7-9pm
Talk and Book Signing with Joni Sternbach
SAWYER LAND & SEA SUPPLY
402 Ingalls Unit 21
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
To visit the venue website, go here

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
2-4pm
Book Party and Signing with Joni Sternbach
TOWER 20
2110 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
To visit the venue website, go here.

Both events are open to the public, first come, first served.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Kassia, Donald, Jen / Oceanside, CA 2011

Hannah / Surfrider Beach, Malibu, CA 2010

Like surfing, Sternbach's work is unique and performative. Her studio is the beach; her exposed tintype plates processed in a chemical "fixer" bath in daylight for all to see. Like individual wave rides, each of her images is enhanced by varying and unpredictable conditions, such as her application of the collodion emulsion, or the level of light, temperature and humidity.
 
Andy + Muriel / Jalama Beach, Lompoc, CA 2011

Malloy Brothers, Lompoc CA 2013

Surfers may be among our last remaining adventurers -- a special community of people who are fearless, skilled, and at home in the natural world. While placing them within it, Joni Sternbach elevates her subjects beyond our contemporary world, so we may see them beckon to us with their gaze, imagining where they might go and what freedom and thrills they may experience along the way.

above images are all © Joni Sternbach, excerpted from the book
Surf Site Tin Type (Damiani)

Photographer Joni Sternbach, Campus Point, Santa Barbara, by Eric Taubman

About the Artist:

Joni Sternbach uses early photographic processes to create contemporary portraits and environmental landscapes. She is the recipient of several grants including the 2011 Clarence John Laughlin and 2010 Santo Foundation awards. Sternbach's work is part of many museum collections. For more information, go here.

Surf Site Tin Type includes texts by Lyle Rexer, a noted photo critic, author and historian April M. Watson, Curator, Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; filmmaker Chris Malloy ; and Johnny Abegg , a former aspiring  Pro Surfer turned filmmaker from Byron Bay, Australia.
 
Book Details :

ISBN: 9788862083805
List Price: US $45.00; CDN $55.00
Hardcover; 12 X 9.75 inches
192 pages, illustrated throughout
 
Media Contact :

Andrea Smith, andreasmith202@gmail.com ; 646-220-5950