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Biography

Bob Weeks
photographer

Bob Weeks starting taking photographs, developing and printing them when he was 10 years old, way back in 1950’s Sydney. The following 1960’s surfing images are part of his collection, and house some of the real gems in Australian Surfing history. Bob moved on from ‘surfing photography’ around 66’ outlining that ‘things changed.’ Bob Weeks has an award winning collection that traverses many genres and six decades of passion, the sort of passion that keeps you awake at night tinkering with the possibilities.

Growing up in Sydney and surfing with his mates on the south side, in a time of plank riding and surfing innocence, Bob and his mates lived for the surf. Bob says that ‘the mood changed’, not just with surfing becoming popular, but also all his mates started getting married and surfing became more just for fun and real life took over. Bob Weeks moved from Sydney to Woolgoolga, Northern NSW, in 1971 as soon as his first daughter was born, naturally seeking the country lifestyle for his children.

Today, Bob is just as pumped about photography and knows his way around the modern equipment and post production techniques like he was born in the technological age…from the early 1950’s to today, the passion still burns, he still works full time as a professional photographer, prints his classic surfing images on high grade cotton paper and shuns any attempt at commercialising his works.

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Bob Weeks is one of the Legends Of The Lens in the book titled switch-foot II and this page represents a small selection of his library, a library which spans 50 years of raw talent fueled by passion.

Bob Weeks took the photo that is featured on the front cover of the switch-foot II book and was a major contributor to the publication.

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Retro surfing images, 1950s beach scenes, 1960's beach scenes, black and white surfing, black and white surfing Australia, retro surfing prints, vintage surfing prints, 1960s canvas prints.

We Specialise in HIGH QUALITY signed and numbered prints of Bob Weeks work and custom orders for larger prints on high quality cotton paper with archival matting and also large canvas prints up to 100cm wide.

image size 27cm x 18cm overall matt size 41cm x 31cm.... signed By Bob Weeks with photo description $150.00 includes postage in Australia.

image size 44cm x 28 cm overall matt size 65cm x 50cm... signed by Bob Weeks and including photo description $275.00 includes postage in Australia.

People interested in Bob's photographs should drop us a line and find out more information.

To enquire about these images as photographic paper or canvas prints, signed prints, please email ac@switch-foot.com

shell Grit man and wave 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Selected Work

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Frank Latta surfing 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Frank Latta surfing 1963 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Ford Anglia Voodoo surf 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

El Alamein fountain 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Sydney Opera House 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Cronulla streetscape old cars 1962
Cresent Head montage photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Cresent Head sunset 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Circular Quay June 1961 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Byron Bay 1965 on surfari photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Brian Jackson surfshop 1982 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Bobby Brown surfing silouete 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Bobby Brown surfing Cronulla the Alley 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Bobby Brown bottom turn 1963 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Bobby Brown surfing 1963 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Ross Longbottom and Bob Weeks at Currumbin 1964 before the wall photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
newcastle beach 1952
Byron Bay from lighthouse
South Cronulla surfboat 1962

body surfer south cronulla
Beach walk 1963 old d fin surfboards photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Angourie empty lineup surfing 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Voodoo surf track 1961 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Anglia old surf car at Voodoo surf track photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Freeboarding Weeney Bay photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Garry Birdsall surfing 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Gordon Burgis Angourie 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Sydney Harbour Bridge 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
John Rhodes 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Keith Paull Cresent Head 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Keith Paull surfing Cresent Head 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Kurranulla Wahinies 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Maroochydore morning in the old days camping out on the beach 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Midway surf Shack 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
North Narrabeen surf club 1963 perfect surfing day photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Circular Quay 1961 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Sandshoes surfing spot shot through the trees 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
shell Grit man and wave 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
South coast surfing track on surfair with old surfboards 1964 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

tailgaters 1963 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Tea Tree surfing Noosa 1965 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
The Alley Cronulla 1963 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
timber surfboard fin 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

surfers on railway tracks 1963 old surfboards retro cool photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Voodoo surfing carpark 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Wanda surfing carpark old cars 1962 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography
Wanda surf girls in 1960s bikinis and vintage girls swimsuits 1966 photograph by Bob Weeks Photography

Wategoes beach 1964 an archival look at Byron Bay surfing in the 1960s photograph by Bob Weeks Photography