‘I wanted hairstyles that would complement the extravagant surf vibe’: Fede Kortez’s best phone shot

The photographer co-opted hair artist Afro Ele to find the perfect rip curl

Last year, visual artist Fede Kortez travelled to the west of Ghana to direct a documentary on surfers. His base was Busua Beach, well known for attracting the worldwide surfing community to its swells. Kortez took a day out of the documentary schedule for the shoot, the idea for which he had been ruminating on for more than a year.

I wanted to take some boys with their boards and style them up with vibrant hairstyles and cool accessories, with the beach in the background," he says.