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Fotomas' Colorful Surf Photography

French oceanscape photographer Fotomas turns surf breaks around Hossegor into colorful, long-exposure studies of waves, riders, and sea light.

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By Art Vault

June 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Colorful surf photograph by Fotomas

French oceanscape photographer Fotomas turns surf breaks around Hossegor in southern France into saturated studies of sea, spray, and motion.

Colorful surf photograph by Fotomas with a surfer crossing pastel bands of ocean
Colorful surf photography by Fotomas.

The series leans on very long exposures and creative color filters, stretching waves into soft horizontal bands while keeping the charge of the surf break intact.

Long Exposure, Bright Water

What might be a straightforward surf photograph becomes something stranger: silhouettes melt into water, foam becomes a streak, and the horizon turns into fields of pink, blue, gold, and sea green.

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Grid of colorful long-exposure surf photographs by Fotomas
A grid of Fotomas surf photographs.