The Reincarnation of a Surfboard series
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Ithaka featured In SURFER Magazine
SURFER magazine features, once again, in a double spread article the surfers journey through the world and lifestyle. Read more directly on SURFER magazine’s website at surfermag.com/magazine/ and surfermag.com/features/ or through the surfers agent at wayofarts.com/press/ and wayofarts.com/ithaka/
The “Taro Reef” Series (Image #04)
The “Taro Reef” Series “Since 2010, I have become more and more involved with photographing the miniscule, specifically insects. And as I have been occupying my time with documenting these tiny creatures, I sometimes see other things I might normally not even pay attention to (if I didn’t have my eye line looking out of […]
The “Taro Reef” Series (Image #01)
The “Taro Reef” Series – Created in AkahtiLândia, Brazil “Since 2010, I have become more and more involved with photographing the miniscule, specifically insects. And as I have been occupying my time with documenting these tiny creatures, I sometimes see other things I might normally not even pay attention to (if I didn’t have my […]
Fernando de Noronha
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Fernando de Noronha” (a clumsy name for a spectacular speck on the map) was written by Ithaka, and published in Transworld Surf magazine [ USA ], Blue magazine [ Germany ], and Extreme Experts magazine [ Greece]. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The heat had been brutally intense the entire week, the sun weighing down on us like a sumo-wrestler in a dry sauna, but within […]
Return to the Motherland
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Return To The Motherland” was written by Ithaka, and published in The Surfers Journal [ USA ], Goodtimes magazine [ Greece ], Fluir magazine [ Brazil ] and Surf Portugal magazine. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The year was 1991. My dad, (a New York Greek from The Bronx who had relocated to the west coast) had died of a chronic illness. Ironically, just weeks […]
Miracle at Malibu
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Miracle at Malibu” was written by Ithaka, and published in the book “Surf Story”, in 2009. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… August, The Summer of Hate It was a summer marked by a ridiculously high number of road rage incidents. Had the congested streets themselves caused the anger ? Or had the temper-fueled occurrences spawned worse than normal traffic […]
Zé dos Cães
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Zé dos Cães” was written by Ithaka, in 1993, and published in Water magazine for his column “Fishdaddy Chronicles”, in 2007. “In 1993, while publishing International Surf I received a manilla envelope from Portugal containing a short surf story by a social expat named Ithaka (aka Darin Pappas). The story, called Ze dos Caes, was poorly typed and much too long […]
Oxygen Falls
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Oxygen Falls” was written by Ithaka, and published in Water magazine for his column “Fishdaddy Chronicles”. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I’d been here fourteen days, ever since they’d brought him home from the hospital. And for fourteen days in a row Zeus, Athena and I had walked; across the cotton field, through the lemon orchard, into The Reservation and […]
Morocco Is:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Marocco Is:” was written by Ithaka, and published in Water magazine for his column “Fishdaddy Chronicles”. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Morocco is: The land of endless right point breaks Morocco is: Blue skies, sunshine, emerald green water, cactus, palms, rocks, dust, sand and wild flowers, golden dawns and psychedelic sunsets. Morocco is: Mint tea with two cubes of raw […]