HUGE LOST...

WE WILL MISS YOU BUDDY!
SERGIO GOES BY BRUNO LEMOS NORTH SHORE - OAHU 2007


BRUNO LEMOS BY SERGIO GOES SOUTH SHORE - OAHU 1995

still can not believe Sergio is gone...
definitely one of the grates photographer that i ever meet he was a truly inspiration for me and my work.
Goes was free-diving about two miles off Waikiki between the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Sheraton Moana Surfrider with four other people. When the four returned to their motorboat, Goes was missing . The Coast Guard cutter Galveston Island recovered the body of award-winning local photographer Sergio Goes yesterday morning, less than a day after he was reported missing after diving with friends.Goes' body was recovered about six miles south-southwest of Waikiki at 11:03 a.m. yesterday, by the Coast Guard .Goes had lived in Hawaii for seven years, then moved to New York for some time. He loved Hawaii so much that returned to Hawaii in 2002 so his son could be born here. He co-founded the Cinema Paradise Independent Film Festival with friend Chris Kahunahana and was current teaching a class of "journalism photography" at UH . his most recent work was for Honolulu Magazine, where Goes spent a year documenting the intricacies of life celebrated in Hawaii, from the local obsession with fireworks, to a traditional Filipino wedding, to dragon dancing at Chinese New Year celebrations. Published in November last year, "Celebrations" won Friday night's Photo Essay award for the Society of Professional Journalists' 2007 Excellence in Journalism awards. unfortunately Sergio wasn't able to be there to receive this award but Judges called it "the strongest collection of images about a specific subject created by a single photographer, which showed a dedication of time, appreciation for the island lifestyle and its customs and traditions." Goes was doing a warm up dive before bringing his equipment underwater to take photos. He was doing what he liked to do,He always enjoyed taking a few risks to take some good shots, taking shots from helicopters, planes and underwater."Goes was a triathlete and a certified diver. Goes was with other experienced divers. "One of those crazy things happened, and he just disappeared," said Torres de Sa one of his best friends . Sergio migth be gone but the images he captured will still be around for a long time. please take the time to see some incredible images that were selected by Sergio him self to represent and ilustrate his work on his web site :
www.sergiogoes.com