Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1978, he spent his formative years immersed in the counterculture of the 1990s, where his self-expression bloomed. As both an observer and a participant in snowboard culture, he has been shooting snowboarding and its active community around the world since 1998.

For the last 20 years, he has followed this community of people who place snowboarding at the center of their lives, in a kind of "New Tribal Life" - a snow-based tribe that appeared at the end of the 20th century.

Additionally, central themes in his principal works to date include; "Snow Meditation" focusing on the synchronicity of 'snow' and 'mind-heart'; "Memory of Water" focusing on Arctic glaciers with the theme of circulation of water and the memory of life. Throughout his creative journey, he strives to explore artistic expression and seek the harmony between nature, culture and the shining brightness of life on this planet.

Ulla is a world renowned photojournalist and documentary maker, with her specialities being expeditions, tribal cultures, and volcanos.

Vegard is the stereotypical skier gone shooter from Norway. Only with a twist, having taken it all the way from shooting Special Forces in Afghanistan to working with advertising in Hollywood and everything between.

All in the same time while working steadily as a staff shooter for Norway’s #1 skiing magazine, Fri Flyt, and making Norways biggest MTB bike festival, Hillbilly Huckfest with a few friends in the summer.

His sports and outdoor background has lead him into shooting for some of the biggest brand names within the industry. He now keeps pushing his photography further by experimenting a lot with green screen techniques and composites for his advertising work, while staying true to portraying the action he shoots and making sure the movement and sports aspect of it looks good.

Born in 1985 he’s still young in the industry, but with an agent in LA he’s pushing his own boundaries and working hard to make the next big step into the US market.

16 years ago Marcel moved from Germany, where he grew up, to the Arlberg Area in the Austrian mountains. During this time he began shooting snowboarding action with friends. Marcel decided and liked the idea of ​​turning his photography hobby into a serious job. He has been taking photos full-time since 2005 and has specialized in action sports, portraits and lifestyle.

Marcel is a member of the SanDisk Extreme Team, Nikon Ambassador and "red level“ Red Bull Photographer. He works for numerous international magazines and clients, including Profoto, Nikon, SanDisk, RedBull, Blue Tomato, EHF, Burton Snowboards.

Marcel is known for his creative imagery. He also passes on his knowledge on international stages and workshops.

Lorenz Holder grew up in Munich, close to the Bavarian mountains, and it is those mountains that have always played a major role in his life. Lorenz was a semi-professional snowboarder back in the day, until he injured himself badly and he pretty much had to quit snowboarding for a whole season in 2003. In that time Lorenz discovered the pleasure of photography for himself. Lorenz was fascinated by photos that could describe a whole scene, a whole story or even a whole day, in just one small moment caught on film. This fascination was one of the biggest motivations for him to start his career as a professional photographer.

"In my photos I like to show the viewers a different angle, something they normally wouldn’t notice, even if they were there at the scene. I might use colorful flashes, different camera angles or tilt and shift lenses – always trying to capture something a bit different. On the other hand, I also love the documentary style; simple black and white documentary is something very real.“

Felis Creations is a visual arts company based in Bangalore, India.

It comprises a small team of talented individuals, who work on a variety of projects ranging from natural history documentaries to art and still photography. 

We have been covering wildlife and natural history for the past 10 years and have worked with broadcasters such as BBC, National Geographic, Animal planet and Discovery. 

Our most resent involvement was for BBC's Planet Earth II. 

Erin Babnik is a full-time adventure landscape photographer, photography educator, writer, and speaker. She is known for her ambitious and expressive style of photography and for her adventurous approach in the field. Her dedication to outdoor photography evolved out of her years working as an art historian, photographing at archaeological sites and in museums for the purposes of teaching and research.

She subsequently spent years producing photographs on assignment before transitioning to her specialty of wilderness/adventure landscape photography and teaching photography workshops worldwide. Her work has appeared in well over a hundred publications, including books, magazines, and travel guides. Erin is honored to be a Canon Explorer of Light and is also a member of the illustrious nature photography team Photo Cascadia.

Ken Sklute has enjoyed a diverse career photographing people, nighttime skiies, landscapes, professional sports, architecture and weddings. Ken spends much of his time photographing, teaching and lecturing both Nationally and Internationally.

Ken is proud to be or have been a Canon Explorer of Light, a Kodak Mentor, an Epson Mentor, an Adobe Influencer, a Delkin ImageMaker, a Datacolor Expert and an f-stop Staff Pro.

Ken has concentrated on capturing nighttime images of the Aurora Borealis, the Milky Way, Monsoon lightning storms, Tornados and many very difficult subjects to capture.

Ken Sklute began his photographic career capturing 200 mph race cars in New York at an early age. He soon moved into the wedding and portrait industry where he was quickly recognized as a trend setter, receiving many accolades throughout the industry. He chose to relocate to Phoenix, Arizona in 1996 in order to be out photographing the beautiful desert Southwest landscape.

Joe Cornish is a landscape photographer with a focus on conservation and education. He studied fine art at Reading University in the 1970s, and went on to become a freelance photographer after three years assisting in Washington and London.

In 1991 Joe was the official photographer of an Operation Raleigh expedition to Alaska, an experience that was to shift his understanding and perspective on landscape and nature. As a result he is a committed wilderness addict and advocate. He has freelanced for the National Trust since the late 1980s, working on countless projects and books with them since. In recent years he has co-led photo-expedition sea voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic.

Joe has been a judge on Wildlife Photographer of the Year; he is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), and is now Chair of the RPS Fellowship Committee. His is also a trustee of the North York Moors National Park Trust. He has hosted most of the Natural History Museum's Understanding Photography evenings since 2011.

Based in North Yorkshire since 1993, he is director of a gallery partnership in Northallerton that shows the work of many photographers (including his own). Joe has worked with many of the greats of contemporary photography, and loves collaborating with artists, musicians and writers.

Going into high school some 20 plus years ago I made two decisions that have shaped my life more than I ever could have imagined. The decision to study Japanese, and the decision to take a class in photography. Back then my free time was filled with solitary hours in the school’s dark room, and sitting at my parent’s dinning room table studying Japanese while listening to the latest grundge hits on the radio.

Fast forward to present day and I now find myself living in Japan for over 14 years, and now able to work as a professional photographer. Becoming a “pro-photog” as they say did not happen over night. I have enjoyed playing with photography the past 20 years, and have been slowly building my career here in Japan for the past 10 years. Through good friends I have made in the Japanese freestyle motocross community, I was invited to one of Red Bull’s first events here in Japan, and since that amazing encounter, I have been able to grow and develop my skills in adventure sports photography to the point where it is now my career.

These days I shoot for many brands such as Red Bull, G-Shock, Puma, Sony, Reebok, Murasaki Sports, as well as other local Japanese universities, sports teams and both domestic and international publications. My work takes me all over Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, and even over seas when I can. Traveling to unknown locations is one of the best parts of photography. You always meet amazing people and enjoy new and unforgettable adventures.