Celebrating Eddie - Sepia
by Sean Davey
Title
Celebrating Eddie - Sepia
Artist
Sean Davey
Medium
Photograph - 35mm Slr Photography
Description
Circle of surfers at the ceremony for the Eddie Aikau big wave surfing invitational at Waimea Bay, on the island of Oahu.
* For the discerning collector, this piece is also available on print or canvas at pretty much any size, printed and signed by me, using only Exhibition Canvas, premium papers and archival inks from Epson for true museum quality art pieces. Each piece that I print also comes with an individualized certificate of authenticity. For these very special collectables, get in contact with me directly at art@seandavey.com
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February 27th, 2017
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Congratulations on your sale Sean! Your image brought me back in time. I was on a sailboat that was intending to sail alongside the Hokulea on that fateful day that the Hokulea capsized. Unfortunately we had a few more things to ready on our boat before we set sail and left Honolulu about two hours after the Hokulea's departure. So very unfortunate -- we grieved knowing that had we been able to leave at the same moment as the Hokulea, the outcome for Eddie might have been much different. The seas were EXTREMELY ROUGH with severe gale warnings posted and we all wondered why the Hokulea's pilot did not delay the departure, but it had been well publicized and they left pretty close to the time they had set. As I recall, the waves measured at least 20 feet from crest to trough and because of that we likely sailed within close proximity to the Hokulea and never saw her. It was a very rough sail for days and on our sailboat it seemed we had an all hands on deck call every couple of hours -- the winds and seas were SO ROUGH and STRONG sails were ripping and perhaps the scariest part was when the rigging for our main sail boom literally ripped out of boom, ripping the metal like it was cloth. Very severe conditions to sail in, let alone try to make landfall on a surf board. One of the crew on our sailboat had previously sailed on a voyage of the Hokulea and knew all the crew. She and I share a birthday and it was on that day (four days after we departed) that we found out what had happened and that Eddie had not made landfall and was presumed deceased. So very tragic, but nice to know that Eddie has not been forgotten. I particularly like the feel of the silhouettes of both the onlookers and the surfers in your image. You've captured the moment beautifully.
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