Michael Hartley

The ocean is art

WTF 🌊 gm

Monument. 222 one of a kind photographs of one of a kind pieces of energy that are some of the absolute craziest waves on earth. All of them at a wave called Huzzas. 😉 Firstly. Thankyou @moderatsart / overflowing. Forever. This collection does not exist without you. Thanks to you I’ve pushed past my fears (sometimes I haven’t) but I’ve faced up to them every time. Every day I grow as a person even if that growth is hard. This is not a journey that I always do alone, So thankyou to my friends and family who are there for me. It’s not safe to go where we do. Definitely not solo. You’re asking for trouble going on your own here. Ive had Jetskis start sinking, been thrown off, had to rescue others, breakdowns, flooded cameras, broken equipment and pain from Injuries, been stalked by sharks, you name it, it happens out in a wild ocean. Ill forever be proud that these moments are the exact moment that existed infront of my eyes, they have not been flipped, manipulated other than the colour grading, they are THE moment, all created while immersed in nature, challenging my own limits as a person. I will look at this collection with pride and gratitude knowing all the anxieties, fear, physical pain and imposter syndrome moments where my confidence felt like it’s out the window that I pushed through in pursuit of a dream that I know, only means the world to me. The Huzzas Collection.