With the 2024 Australian Surfing Awards just around the corner, Surfing Australia has revealed the finalists for Surf Photo of the Year, presented by Tracks.
The Top 10 includes images from seasoned professionals and emerging surf photographers, each with their own unique connection to the ocean and storytelling style.
From self-taught photographers capturing personal triumphs, to career veterans documenting iconic surf spots and athletes, the finalists showcase a diverse range of talent and perspectives. The photos highlight the beauty and power of the ocean, mixing land and water based imagery, and were judged by an expert panel from Tracks, Surfing Australia, and independent judges.
Tracks editor in chief Luke Kennedy said, “In addition to their technical excellence, these 10 images invite viewers to appreciate the full spectrum of themes and emotions – fear, triumph, self-mastery, conquest, beauty, majesty, elation – those sensations are all there.”
“You will have a favourite, but each crystallised moment conveys something profound about the surfing experience. If we can’t be in the situation ourselves, the photographers and the surfers have given us an opportunity to live vicariously through the moments they have captured together.”
The Top 10 photos will be on display at the Australian Surfing Awards on 7 December at HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, QLD.
Finalists for the 2024 Surf Photo of the Year, presented by Tracks – Top 10: (In no particular order)
– Duncan Macfarlane (featuring Shane Dorian)
– Sam Venn (featuring Lachie Rombouts)
– Luca Salisbury (featuring Chase Hardaker)
– Andrew Shield (lineup)
– Andrew Shield (featuring Lungi Slabb)
– Nick Nairn-Smith (featuring Dan Ross)
– Ben Jackson (featuring Noa Deane)
– Josh Tabone (featuring Kai McKenzie)
– Mark Onorati (featuring Corey Lawson)
– Nick Green (featuring Laura Enever)
