The End: Montauk, N.Y.. Art Edition 'Surf’s Up’, 2016

The End: Montauk, NY By Michael Dweck Art Edition limited to 100 numbered copies - clothbound book (256 pages) packaged in clothbound clamshell box, each signed by Michael Dweck, includes the gelatin silver print “Surf's Up” (Montauk, 2006) – format: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). The limited edition printing – originally hailed as “the ultimate homage to the sun-kissed surfing life…” – will feature 85 previously unpublished photos, and a reflective essay by Dweck. Originally published in 2004, The End presented an idyllic and erotic portrait of the famed Long Island, NY, fishing community, and offered an idealized glimpse into the lives of the beautiful denizens who comprised its surfing subculture. From the dunes of Montauk’s secret surfing haunts, Dweck’s first major photographic work told a paradisiacal narrative about summer and youth, which blended idealism and documentation to reflect a place and a way of life both fading and being reinvented. The original run, as the New York Ti