Relentless: 'The Dark Side of the Lens' - Mickey Smith

The Dark Side Of The Lens’, a short film from renowned surf photographer Mickey Smith.<br /><br /><br />Smith worked with Allan Wilson (director of photography) from the Astray Collective to present a side to surfing that few of us, as observers or surfers, will glimpse: the life of the photographer. What drives him to spend countless hours in cold and hostile waters in search of a single shot? <br /><br /><br />“I wanted to create that something that would give insight into what it takes to grind out a living as a water-based photographer in the surfing industry,” Smith explains, “to provide a short, experimental glimpse into life lived in the shadow of what is, for me, an obsessive pursuit.”<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/Aileens_Mickey_Smith_sept2-.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Relentless: &#039;The Dark Side of the Lens&#039; - Mickey Smith" title="Relentless: &#039;The Dark Side of the Lens&#039; - Mickey Smith" width="150" height="90" alt="Relentless: &#039;The Dark Side of the Lens&#039; - Mickey Smith"/>