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La Vague

This image is in memory at Katsushika Hokusai. This famous Japanese painter who made such beautiful paintings of Mt Fuji and also of waves. These paintings are so beautiful that I wanted to have a picture of a wave with the details, the movement, the forms that make think of his work.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2018
Date Uploaded: 10.2019
Photo Location: Papeete, French Polynesia
Camera: NIKON D600
Copyright: © Melvin Pirard