GROWING UP IN LA JOLLA, CALIF0NIA, JEFF DIVINE BEGAN TAKING PICTURES OF HIS FELLOW SURFERS IN HIS HOMETOWN DURING THE 1960'S AND GOT TO KNOW THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE SPORT BEFORE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BLEW IT UP INTO THE THE COMMERCIAL KINGDOM IT HAS NOW COME TO BE.

HIS WORK TOOK HIM TO A STAFF POSITION IN 1971 WITH SURFER MAGAZINE WHERE HE WOULD BEGIN THE FIRST OF SOME 37 ANNUAL TRIPS TO THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU, HAWAII AND NUMEROUS WORLDWIDE EXPLORATIONS WITH THE BEST SURFERS IN THE WORLD. HE SERVED AS PHOTO EDITOR FOR SURFER AND THE SURFER'S JOURNAL FOR 35 YEARS.

DIVINE HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ARCHIVES OF SURF PHOTOGRAPHY THAT EXISTS FROM 1970-2009. HIS PUBLISHED WORKS INCLUDE; MASTERS OF SURF PHOTOGRAPHY VOL 1 (THE SURFER'S JOURNAL, 2000) SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SEVENTIES TAKEN BY JEFF DIVINE (T. ADLER BOOKS, ARTBOOK.COM, 2005) SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EIGHTIES TAKEN BY JEFF DIVINE (T. ADLER BOOKS/ARTBOOK.COM) LEGENDS OF SURFING, 2009 (VOYAGER BOOKS) JEFF DIVINE SEVENTIES SURF PHOTOGRAPHS, (T.ADLER BOOKS/ARTBOOK.COM, 2020).

HIS WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES THROUGH OUT THE WORLD: A SOLO EXHIBITION, OMOA, OCEANSIDE, CA (2007) LA CORDERIE ROYAL, FR (2004) M+B ART, LA. (2006) CRANE KALLMAN, BRIGHTON, UK. A. GALERIE, PARIS, FR (2019) GALLERY 169, SANTA MONICA, CA.(2009) CLIC, SOHO, NY (2013) EAST/WEST GALLERY, SANTA BARBARA, CA. (2007) MOLLUSK, SAN FRANCISCO CA.(2014) SF0 TERMINAL, SAN FRANCISCO, (2015) OCEAN INSTITUTE, DANA POINT, CA.

HIS WORK HAS BEEN SEEN IN NUMEROUS FASHION MEDIA, AND STYLE SECTIONS OF THE NY TIMES, LA TIMES, AND CNN.COM. AND IN NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS AND SURF SHOPS THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. JEFF WAS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE SURFING WALK OF FAME, HB, CA. (2020)