Will Adler’s Surf Culture

BY: PROVOKR Staff

“When I first got a camera after graduating high school, I wanted to document my friends and our adventures,” recalled LA-based Will Adler of the beginning of his artistic inspiration. “I’m a surfer myself, so when I started taking photos surf culture was the direction I naturally pointed my camera.” Adler—who is self-taught and who credits an apprenticeship with Bruce Weber for showing him how much hard work it takes to pull off a great photo—has been capturing beautifully lit, surfer-dotted seascapes and beachscapes ever since. Here are some of PROVOKR’s favorite examples of his work.