Van Lennep, Chris (1959 – )

Quiet and athletic surf photographer from Durban, South Africa, best known for his 1990s wide-angle images shot from inside the tube. "Guys like Chris van Lennep," Carve magazine wrote, "helped define our surfing world with their heavy-water photography."

Van Lennep was born (1959) in Durban, the son of a tire salesman father and accountant mother. He began surfing at 15, at Durban's Bay of Plenty, and two years later, using a Kodak Instamatic, started taking surf photographs of his brother ...