RIP LeRoy "Granny" Grannis, surf photography pioneer – Boing Boing

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RIP LeRoy “Granny” Grannis, surf photography pioneer

Iconic images by Gannis: Mike Doyle surfing Waimea in 1967 and “Midget” Farrelly surfing Shore Break, Makaha 1968. Gannis was a master of using light to convey emotion. LeRoy Grannis, w…

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LeRoy Grannis, who along with “Doc” Ball helped revolutionize the field of surf photography, has died. He also co-founded what’s now Surfing Magazine. A lifelong surfer himself, Grannis didn’t take up photography until 1959, when he was 42. That was the year surfing hit mainstream consciousness through the film Gidget.