Morgan Maassen Wins Follow The Light Award

Morgan Maassen FTLF from J P on Vimeo.

Congratulations goes out to 19 yr old Morgan Maassen for winning the “Follow The Light Award”. A huge honor for any aspiring surf photographer. Past winner includes Matuse Family Member, Todd Glaser, who currently works for Surfer Magazine and was a judge on this year’s panel. Morgan’s images have been featured on our website. He has a gift for capturing images that are dynamic from a story telling and mood capturing perspective. We look forward to seeing what lies ahead for this talented young artist. To see more of Morgan’s work visit his website at http://bogustard.blogspot.com/.

The 5 finalists consisted of Morgan Maassen, Billy Watts, Ryan Foley, Matt Lusk and Corey Wilson. Morgan took home a prize purse of $5,000 to go along with the accolades. The other 4 finalists each received $1,000.

Billy Watts FTLF from J P on Vimeo.

Billy Watts has been a long time friend and supporter of Matuse. Living just up the way in Encinitas, Billy has provided images of our family members through the last few years for our website. Above is his “Follow the Light” submission. Take a peek.