Break From Reality

Photography & Passage by Dustin Gil

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It’s just part of life, living in San Diego.

You see it on your way to school, or on your way home. Growing up here, the ocean is just a part of your life. I can’t imagine not living next to it.

I’m lucky enough to have friends who are good surfers, and a Nikonos film camera, so I always have something good to shoot, as long as the waves are decent enough. Swimming out with your camera in hand at sunset with a couple of your buddies in December is really a unique feeling I can’t describe. You can show up to the ocean with your brain running wild about deadlines, money, the future… but when you get out there, all that stuff goes away.

Like a break from reality and the real world, the ocean clears your mind.
You can’t help but leave feeling rejuvenated with a better outlook.