Logan Landry patiently waiting on the crew
Logan Landry, Kevin Schulz Sepp Bruhwiler & photographer Liam MacDonald suiting up.
Kevin Schulz
Kevin Schulz meeting Pete Devries for the first time. Logan mediates.
Kevin laying with Ellie his talisman for the week.
Logan Kevin and I having an eyes closed drawing competition with bikes, peni, flowers, vaginas and surfboards being thrown down.
Logan Landry waiting it out.
Like many people who have an eating disorder Natalie struggled with depression, anxiety and obsessive thought patterns. When the nurse suggested she look at her condition as a physiological disorder she found new venues to help reconnect the dots of body, soul and mind.
From our Runnin On Empty story.
I've Only Heard of These Guys.
The other day Ryan Muirhead posted this portrait and said some beautiful things about my writing, work, and our time together. Like how it was nice to hang out with someone who could remove themselves from the photo scene. I agree, but the funny thing is after watching this guy shoot and talk about the science and math of photography, the zone system, and sunny 16, I saw a huge gap in my knowledge and was inspired to teach myself everything I shunned in art school. He is responsible for turning me on to buying my new equipment (#LeicaM2 my Digital Pentax spot meter) and he is responsible for me, pulling dozens of books out from the library to study classic photographers and technique. Watching a living master in photography do his thing, then nerd out and be able to talk about life and death is hard to come by. Real hard. I've never met such a well versed artist who is so open to life, I've only heard of these guys (I wanna meet more!) It was a pleasure hanging out with you. Please check out his portraiture work- he's right where I want to be.
Peruvian Hostel
Sanitary standards for cooking are far more relaxed then we are used to back home. Unrefrigerated meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, and milk, unwashed vegetables and fruit, and tap water are a recipe for disaster. There's no telling how many times antibiotics and vaccines like Dukoral came into play and prevented us from getting travelers diarrhea. And at some point it will fail you as well...
Lobitos, Peru | These New Poutines | HP5 35mm film
"Sterile" Thailand. 16 X 24”. 35mm film. C-print. FRAMED. This Friday I’ll be apart of the State Of The Art Show in Whistler. Check out www.artstore.wssf.com for the rest of my work!
There’s a lot of other shit in between that still needs to be taken apart and put together. If you focus all your energy chasing glassy bumps, at age 50 you’ll end up living in a Balinese hostel, surrounded by backpacking Germans half your age, evading fraud, talking California pride and how your ex wife’s a bitch. If you think life’s all about surfing—it’s not. Then, alone, we paddled out to sea.
New Point Of Discomfort essay from ICELAND up on the Monster Children website.
Our trip to ICELAND is done. I’m at home now editing my negatives. Looking back on the everything- it was the best trip I’ve ever been on in my life. The dramatic daunting landscapes, the drop dead women, the gas station food, the wild nights, the new pals, and the consistently burly surf.
Surfing is the common denominator between us. When I travel with the boys it’s the one thing we have all agree on. It’s the one thing that has saved us. It’s an important piece of the puzzle. It’s a starting point but not the end. There’s a lot of other shit in between to put together. There’s a lot to see and do. Highs and lows. Good and bad.
I believe in yin & yang. A balance between forces. You endure some painful moments on the road. Your pals see you at your best and your worst. If you want a high the whole trip, bask in artificial pleasure- then realize nothing has changed in you. Your daughter still hates you, and your job still sucks. In yoga you move into a position until you feel that Point Of Discomfort. It’s then that one can understand how deep your body and mind can go. Pain is pleasure. I believe we need to voluntarily push ourselves into a place of discomfort to grow- whether it be surfing, traveling, work, sex, art etc. Take what you hate most and what you love most and work with them. Your a racist asshole and hate Asian people? Then go to Asia on a surf trip and understand that they are seeking the same thing as you- happiness.
In Iceland there’s no naked girls on the beach, there’s no gated off all inclusive bar either. It’s cold and lonely. But there’s no one trying to get a piece of you. It’s quiet and it gives you time to think… There are empty barrels, with a landscape that can shake your shit back in place. It’s then that you can truly start enjoying the road in between.
Thank you, Logan Landry, Mike Bromley, Ingo Olson, Hreinn Halldorsson, Heiðar Elíasson, for making this the most enjoyable controlled and chaotic trip ever. See you soon.
More Point Of Discomfort work coming out in the near future.
@alexguiry what a legend. Stay tuned for some progressive editorial in #LATERmag Issue 2.1 dropping soon. Photos by @colinadair
Street vendors stopping drivers at speed bumps. Chili, lime and corn, or sculpted oranges? We bought both.
Barra De La Cruz, Mexico.
Featured on www.latermag.com interview.
Last night I was onstage taking some photos at a Mexico reggae concert!
Professional dancer Mayra Mendez, drooling over her boyfriend Adan Nunez, the lead singer of Golden Ganga
Kuda, Lombok, Indonesia. 2011.
The only people in town that were stoked to welcome the President. The parents had to play along.
From the Series Body Over Mind.
The Bi-Weekly Cock Touch. Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia. 2011.
Spectators watch as two locals get their cocks fired up before a fight.
From the series Body Over Mind.
Road to Quito, Ecuador. 2010.
A three hour ride up the mountain hillside. Buses passing transport trucks, cars, and motorcycles and then buses passing buses. In Ecuador if you are handed money before you have began your task it is a race to finish it. On Christmas day a cramped bus flipped off the hillside killing forty one passengers and severely injuring everyone else alive as they rolled like dice. We wondered how nobody every died and tried to shrug it off as we figured it was sudden death anyways.
From the series “These New Poutines”