Above all, it is for surf photography that Laurent Pujol took his first step behind the camera.
In order to capture the essence of that sport that was giving everything to him. In order to express an
inner music. Then it became a study of the ocean in the broad sense. To extend generally his subject
to underwater photography and wave photography had become natural to himself. Water
photographer, yes, that could be a term that would define the wide working spectrum of that strong
feelings and critical situations adept surfer. A water photographer who, by original framings, by
breathtaking forms and colors, tells the essence of his world : the ocean.
After spending a big part of his life on the North Shore, Hawaï, it is now next to Capbreton,
in Hossegor, that Laurent Pujol has decided to express the versatility of his artist talents. And that's
clear that his shots are haunted by the radicalism and the commitment that had been necessary to
fight the Pipe. They are nourished on his charger past, but as well, today, on the other hats that
Laurent is displaying brilliantly : the film maker, the video editor, the camera operator and the
director of photography ones. Whoever the way to make the first step behind the camera, it is
always a matter of that thing : to tell stories.