{"id":32023,"date":"2018-12-06T06:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T06:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/en\/?p=32023"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T11:57:48","slug":"john-witzig-and-ericeira-in-the-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/en\/john-witzig-and-ericeira-in-the-70s\/","title":{"rendered":"John Witzig and Ericeira in the 70s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography:<\/strong> John Witzig<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John Witzig is one of the most legendary surf photographers, author of many images that marked the sector and its lifestyle in a memorable way.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, this Australian photographer shared in his Instagram account photographs of Ericeira in the seventies<\/p>\n<p>Under the title &#8220;Places I\u2019m connected with # 6 &#8211; Ericeira, Portugal&#8221;, Witzig published two montages and a text where he develops his connection to the village of the sea-urchins, that is now part of the World Surf Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>He begins by telling that his first trip to Ericeira was in 1976, when he rented a room with a friend, afther they decided to visit the village attracted by the magnetism of a photo in which a &#8220;beautiful wave broke on a rocky bottom somewhere north of the village.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first montage shows the owner of this house holding some flowers offered by John and his traveling mate and, in the foreground, an iconic moment of Ericeira: a group of people leaning against the Ribas wall, watching what is happening in the Fishing Port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38002404_2190039724614662_6858298237468540928_n-e1537438617894.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31540 aligncenter colorbox-32023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38002404_2190039724614662_6858298237468540928_n-e1537438617894.jpg\" alt=\"Muro das Ribas - ph. 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