News feature of Davey Photography
News.com.au just ran a short story about my photography on their main website.
Check it out, the piece compiled by Helen Parker is entitled; Mad Men
Sean talks story for upcoming film
Tim Bonython has been involved in the surf film scene for at least as long as l have been and I’m in this caper for more than 30 years already. Way back in the day, Tim used to tour the east coast of Australia, armed with a film projector and his latest films. [...]
seandavey on jayalders website
My very good friend, artist; Jay Alders just posted a pictorial on my work, so I thought I’d return the favor and post a story about him doing a story about me. ha ha enjoy.
Aloha
Sean
shades of Pipe
I went and scoped Pipe this evening as the sun was disappearing behind a gray curtain of cloud. It was showing signs of wanting to come to life, good and proper. Not quite though, maybe in the morning.
Sean
Yesterday at The Pipe Trials
Finally after a month and half, Pipeline has awoken and just in time for the HIC Pipeline Trials. A one day event in which local surfers compete for 1 of 8 spots in the Pipeline masters later in the year. So unlike most events, there was be no need for Semi [...]
HIC Pipe Trials are GO today
It seems like forever since the pro tour left here and the conditions went bad. It’s been a month and a half since. Now, I’m writing this the night before, but by the time you read this, the HIC Pipe trials should be happening. It’s bound to be dramatic because after [...]
One in a million moment
Well folks, it really has been crappy round here on the north shore lately. Usually at this time of the year, it’s hard to find a safe place to surf, because of the size, but this year, it’s just hard to find waves, period. It’s another groundhog day out there [...]
Classic surf moment: Tom Curren
It was the 94-95 Hawaiian season and I had just swum out for a leisurely shoot at Off The Wall, early one afternoon, when I spotted non other than Tom Curren taking off, so I put in the extra effort and was actually bodysurfing the wave as I shot it. This allows me to [...]
Musica Surfica Photo Feature
From the same gathering which produced the highly acclaimed film: “Musica Surfica” (written and directed by MicK Sowry), these are a selection of my images.
Enjoy.
Sean
Musica Surfica with Derek Hynd and Richard Tognetti
I was given the unique invitation to photograph a gathering on the remote farming community of King Island in Australia. This was no ordinary gathering. It involved key members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) along with key proponents of alternative surfcraft, in particular, finless boards. There [...]
Classic surf contest moment; Bells Beach 1996
I was at the 1996 Rip Curl pro at Bells Beach in Australia. They had elected to move the event next door to winkipop on this day because it was 6-8 feet and going off. I witnessed Occy, Slater and Curren, all in excellent form on this day, but it was the guy [...]
not-so-secret secret-spot in NYC
You ever wondered about the possibility of a big enough swell, that would produce good waves in and around Manhattan Island, NYC might actually look like? let me entertain you here.
This is the first in a series of mysto surf line-ups in famous cities, that I’ll be bringing you from time to [...]
Rabbit retires from ASP
I was a teenager when the first wave of pro surfers emerged in the 70’s. As a young impressionable Aussie grommet, these guys totally were my heros, back then. I’ve pretty much seen the birth and growth of surfing as a profession during Rabbit’s time on the world stage. [...]
underwater wonder-world
It was another one of those fine sunny mornings here on the north shore with clear water and small clean waves rolling through. here’s a few that I snapped this morning…
Sean
Fine art prints from Sean Davey
If you are anything like me, you may well have a strong fascination with waves. I love waves of all shapes and sizes. The very first picture that I ever photographed was of a wave. A wave that was too small to surf, but very perfect in shape. I [...]
Another day of small fun beachies in a giant swimming pool
Hi all
it’s been another stellar day of weather here on the north shore, but with small surf. The water is so clear here at the moment, it looks like a massive wave pool right now. All these perfect little waves rolling through [...]
Classic surf moment of Bruce Irons
I have a lot of classic surf shots from over the years, but one guy who I have so many really classic moments of is Bruce Irons. I took a look through my archive, and man, he just cleaned up when I separated all the truly great images from the bulk. I’ll probably [...]
Fun waves at Ehukai Beachie’s
Hi All, I went for a bit of a swim this morning just because the sun was out and it was all nice and shiny and I just wanted to get wet. Here’s a few pics that I got along the way….
Classic surf moment Gerry Lopez
Here’s another classic surf moment folks. This one I think from 1995 at the Pipe Masters, Gerry Lopez doing one of his classic soul bottom turns. It’s not that big a wave, but a classic moment, all the same.
Enjoy
Sean
Latest published: The Surfers Path
I just received issue No 70 of The Surfers Path in the mail and it contained 2 mighty double page spreads of my work. Check it out…..
Hotel resort chooses Davey fine art for lobby
Turtle Bay Hotel here on the north shore of Oahu did some major renovations a couple of years back and as part of the deal, they purchased more than 30 of my fine art prints which they have displayed throughout the hotel lobby and near the elevators on each of the 6 floors. [...]
Classic surf moment: Pastel Flash
I shot this one of Jamie Obrien a few years ago, using an assistant, swimming with a remote flash. The concept is simple. My camera has a transmitter on it and the flash has a receiver attached so that when I fire my camera, the flash will trigger at the same [...]
The Surf Bus
The north shore is no stranger to tour bus’s. we see ‘em all the time, but it’s not every day that you see one like this. This is the surf bus. Some friends of ours are running tours to see the surf beaches. They used a [...]
