Pictured here is Judge from Debbie Fleming Caffery’s 8×10 tin types project on the Oil Spill in Louisiana. To see more of Caffery’s work click here.

© Debbie Fleming Caffery. Oysterman’s Glove

© Debbie Fleming Caffery. Captain Bryan

Crystal Thornburg surfing in Central California.

Surf trips come up rapidly, as quick as the swells that show up on surf maps, and the photographers and editors who cover them very seldom have a lot of time to plan their work. Grant Ellis has been the photo editor for Surfer Magazine for almost seven years. He started as a surf photographer and followed professional surfers around the world for three years, having surfed from the age of 8. Surfer works with a large number of photographers and surfers to find and produce the stunning images in the magazine.

Ellis says that he can track the swell as it moves across the Pacific or Indian oceans through the emails from his photographers around the world. And if big waves are the greatest thrill in surfing, getting an image in Surfer’s Big issue is the ambition of most surf photographers.

Because surf images reflect the many nuances of light and water, editors at Surfer do rounds and rounds of color proofing to make certain each image is just right. The wave comes through, and they do their best to catch it.

Pictured here is a selection from Surfer’s Big issue.

© Allen Hughes.

An anonymous Santa Cruz surfer takes a chance in hopes of scoring at The Lane.

© Edwin Morales.

Keala Kennelly, one of the most passionate big wave surfers set a record in 2005 at Teahupoo, riding the biggest tow in wave by a woman. She has appeared in Blue Crush, Step Into Liquid, and co-starred in the HBO series John from Cincinnati.

© Andrew Chisolm.

Kelly Slater, nine times world champ and the greatest surfer ever, surfing at Shipsterns Bluff in Tasmania.

© Jason Childs.

Pepen Hendrik, driving deep into yet another new discovery, as fellow Balinese surfer Lee Wilson screams himself hoarse on the way back out after his. Toad Rock, Java. The only two guys in the water all day.

This image is part of Aislinn Leggett’s series Lost Faces in which she creates fictitious moments using forgotten or discarded images of her ancestors and strangers. See more of her work here.

Buzludia was one of the countless monuments erected in central Bulgaria glorifying the socialist ideology. This photograph is part of an upcoming book by Linda Ferrari Socialist Monuments in Bulgaria 1944-89: A Visual Introduction. See more of her work here.

This photograph is part of Joseph Rodriguez’s book East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A. He has been documenting the American domestic environment for many years. See more of his work here.

© Stephen Mallon

Next Stop Atlantic – an exhibition of Stephen Mallon’s work is opening at the Front Room gallery on September 10th, 2010. This stunning series features the process of artificial reef building off the East Coast in the U.S. The exhibit will be running September 10th through October 3rd.

See more of Stephen Mallon’s work here.

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All Images © Dave Mead

Dave Mead’s Magnificent Specimens exhibit recently came to a close in New York City. Specimens is a collection of some of the World’s most elegant, most bizarre and most elaborate beards and mustaches. To see more work, click here.

Lucifer Falls is an exhibit of Jeff Bark’s new body of work opening at the Haster Hunt Kraeutler Gallery on September 9th and through October 16, 2010. The series of photographs of waterfalls is a departure from his earlier series for which he constructed elaborate sets in the studio. See more of Jeff Bark’s work here.