| I take an experimental approach with my photography: different angles, themes, and equipment coupled with my work ethic. Over the past four years, my work has not only transformed the magazines I work with into category leaders, but it has reinvigorated the entire world of surf photojournalism. Whether I’m swimming in the impact zone on Oahu’s dreaded North Shore, leaning out the window of a helicopter over a desertscape in Western Australia, or straddling a Wave Runner somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific, my images vary widely in subject matter and style, but they share a similar iconic quality that’s propelled me to the forefront of surf photography. | 
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Dustin Humphrey
Dustin Humphrey, Insight/Dopamine, 2008. Surfer: Jared Mell. S Gorrow, Nutopia, 2008. Installation, Bali. Courtesy of Dustin Humphrey. Copyright of insight51.com.
I take an experimental approach with my photography: different angles, themes, and equipment coupled with my work ethic. Over the past four years, my work has not only transformed the magazines I work with into category leaders, but it has reinvigorated the entire world of surf photojournalism.
Whether I’m swimming in the impact zone on Oahu’s dreaded North Shore, leaning out the window of a helicopter over a desertscape in Western Australia, or straddling a Wave Runner somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific, my images vary widely in subject matter and style, but they share a similar iconic quality that’s propelled me to the forefront of surf photography.
I have led surfing back to ultra-exotic travel. My forays into Indonesia rainforests, Sri Lanka’s Tamil coast, and the vast emptiness of Kenya’s wilderness have restoked the passion for discovery among surfers and fellow members of the media. My recent work in the Mediterranean has put places like Rome, Alexandria, and Sardinia on the map as true surf destination. My coverage of and participation in the relief effort after the Boxing Day 2004 tidal wave devastated much of coastal Southeast Asia was revolutionary in the surf community, prompting an outpouring of support and attention from a community that typically insulates itself from world affairs.
