HOME BASE: INDIA

At 14 he took a few photos on a mobile phone. A few months later he walked into an electronics store and held a DSLR for the first time, only to be taken aback by all the numbers, icons and information on the screen. It was almost a year later that he got his first DSLR, a 1000D.

Now at 23, he is the first Indian photographer to shoot the grueling Dakar Rally in 2019 and also various rounds of the FIM Cross Country Rally Championship. He has worked with every automobile publication in the country, creating various editorial features, and has finally made a foray into the world of advertising.

Action Sports is not all about shooting these immensely hardworking athletes. For Ishaan, it is a cue to cultivate a fitter lifestyle, to ultimately be more efficient, and also to portray the inner feeling of every athlete in literally the truest form possible. Only if you ride a dirt bike on a motocross track, do you realize what every 20-minute moto demands physically and mentally. You have to feel it to understand what level of preparation these athletes bring to the sport. The better the level of understanding, the better the images. Well, at least most of the time.

Being a part of the Red Bull Content Pool team in India, his fundamentals are very clear on shortcuts and hard work. Dirt and adventure are the genres that drive him to do everything that is needed to translate the thoughts in his mind into reality!!

Edoardo Donato is a wildlife photographer based in the Italian Alps region.
As a strong advocate for environmental accountability and ethical photography, his goal is to highlight Europe’s rich biodiversity and its vast photographic opportunities.
Through his photography, Edoardo aims to promote awareness about conservation and foster a community united by shared environmental values.
His mantra is: "Every shot is a call to protect what remains wild."

He also leads unique experiences in remote and pristine destinations, such as wolf-tracking in Poland's Białowieża Forest, providing his clients with unforgettable encounters with nature, while respecting wildlife and their habitats.

HOME BASE: SOUTH KOREA

I'm an Aussie photographer based out of Seoul, South Korea. My passions lie in documenting that which will pass and helping to preserve culture. Presently, my working project is focused on the disappearing art and culture of facial tattooing throughout Asia. The project documents personal stories to go with portraits of those who bear the marks of culture and history on their faces. 

Duarte Sol, a published and award-winning amateur photographer hailing from the picturesque Madeira Island in Portugal, embarked on his journey into the world of photography in 2010. Initially self-taught, he discovered photography as a creative outlet and a way to find balance from the demands of his professional career in Economics and Public Management. His passion for capturing the beauty around him quickly became a central part of his life.

Living on Madeira Island, renowned for its stunning landscapes and vibrant culture, provided Duarte with a unique opportunity to connect with photographers from around the globe. These connections not only broadened his perspective but also allowed him to engage in a meaningful exchange of ideas and techniques. Over time, he began leading photography tours and workshops, sharing his profound appreciation for this intricate art form with others.

Duarte's dedication to photography, combined with his deep love for nature, has become a powerful means of creative expression. His work is a testament to his ability to capture the essence of the natural world, fostering a deeper connection between himself and the environment he so passionately documents. In recognition of his talent and influence in the photography community, Duarte Sol proudly represents esteemed brands such as f-Stop, Haida and Leofoto, further solidifying his place as a respected figure in the world of photography.

Dom's home town is Marseilles, which is where he grew up. Dom now works and lives in Switzerland.

Alongside Jeremy Bernard, he launched neufdixieme.com platform, which all about outdoor story telling.

Dom is a Red Bull photographer, and he's served in that role for more than 10 years (red level). He is a member of the Sandisk extreme team since 2009, and Dom is a senior photographer in charge of the whole photo production on the Freeride World Tour since 2008.

In his role, he covers multiple sports including skiing, surfing, running, and cycling, so the community is quite diverse.

Dmitry is the award-winning professional wildlife and landscape
photographer who has traveled 117 countries. His photos took part in
numerous international exhibitions, including five personal photo
exhibitions which attracted more than a million people.

Having a great experience Dmitry organized photo tours and workshops all
around the world including such remote and exciting locations as Arctic
and Antarctic regions, Patagonia, Greenland, and Africa.

Dmitry has been named Travel Photographer of the Year several times by
the world's largest photo salon Trierenberg SC. He is also the winner of
many photo contests such as EPSON International Pano Awards, Global
Arctic Awards, Trierenberg SC, B&W Spider Awards, International
Photography Awards, International Color Awards and many others. Besides,
he is an expert judge on several judging panels of international photo
contests.

Dmitry has earned the distinction of Master from the Photographic
Society of America (MPSA), and Excellence Silver from the International
Federation of Photographic Art (EFIAP/s).

HOME BASE: UK

Henry Iddon has been a full-time professional photographer for nearly 20 years and has been participating in outdoor sports since being a young child. Having started skiing at age 5 he has represented Great Britain at Speed Skiing, been involved with mountaineering exploits in Europe, North America, and Asia, and cycled across a range of disciplines at an elite level.

His action sports, documentary, and portrait photography has been commissioned by a variety of commercial, non-profit, and news organizations as well as UK Central Government departments. Clients include W.H Gore, Lowe Alpine, Patagonia, Snokart, Science in Sport, PGL, Acorn Adventure, Cycling Plus, Outdoor Fitness, 220 Triathlon, UK Department of Education, BBC World News, and BBC Sport.

Henry aims to produce images that not only sit within the discourse that is contemporary art and culture but also complement the very best in commercial print and digital media.

His self-motivated work concerns finding new ways of using photography to investigate the upland and wilderness environment. He received an individual Arts Council England Grant award in 2006 and 2016 and has been nominated for the National Media Museum Bursary Award (UK), shortlisted for the And/or Book Awards and long-listed for the 2014 Aesthetica Art Prize. Images from ‘Spots of Time’, ‘Hill People’ and ‘A Place to Go’ have been exhibited in galleries in the UK, Italy, Nepal and Brazil.

He is part of the core team behind the Kendal Mountain Festival and has been on the film jury at Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival and jury on the prestigious Banff Mountain Festival Photography Competition.

HOME BASE: HONG KONG

Henry CK, Artist / Photographer / Filmmaker, He has been attracted to photography since childhood and has taught himself to become a professional photographer through self-mentorship. Specialize in the music and entertainment industry creating images and videos for emerging artists, bands and musicians.

Harman Singh Heer is 22-year-old Kenya-born wildlife, landscape, and travel photographer currently based in Western Australia. Throughout his childhood in Kenya, he grew an immense love for safaris and wildlife. He witnessed some incredible wildlife moments which he managed to capture and savour. Migrating to Western Australia in his teens forced Harman outside of his comfort zone, and he began photographing diverse landscapes and marine wildlife. Since, he has completed a bachelor degree in Economics and International Relations in Australia and recently co-founded his own safari company: Mzuri Safaris. Through this new venture, Harman aims to bring Africa's wildlife closer to people all over the world, promoting tourism which is a vital source of funding for African conservation efforts. Fundamentally, Harman hopes to retell the narrative of Mother Nature through his own photography, fostering change that ensures a future based on the co-existence of humanity and endangered species. 

Home Base: Argentinia

Gustavo Cherro realized the paradox early on that a photograph is not a 1:1 copy of what the eye sees, but an impression that requires the craft of a good photographer.

“During my teenage years until today, I devoted myself to mountain climbing and living in contact with nature.  When I returned from those trips and saw my photos, I realized they did not do justice to my personal experience.  So I started to buy magazines, read books, enhance my equipment until one day I took it seriously and started to study.  Immediately after, I got a job as a photo studio assistant and, little by little, I managed to buy my professional equipment."

What are his career defining moments? “I think the first time I saw my name printed under a picture – that was unforgettable.  It was a small, ugly picture on the corner of a not very important newspaper, but I will never forget it.  After that, I covered the World Cup in France in 1998.  That was a turning point.  I realized I could work on a par with other photographers.” Being selected by Susan Meiselas for a workshop in 2005 also bolstered his confidence that he was one of South America’s best photographers.

A photo-editor for Argentina’s La Nación newspaper for five years, he only gets to the newspaper office at 4pm before “a joint analysis of the newspaper content with the journalists and layout-artists, I start the image selection process. When there’s a big story and there’s several photographers involved, I have to decide upon the best locations to take the images and decide on the deadlines. Of course, in the end, my role is to have the ‘best picture’ for the topic on-time.”

What does Gustavo love about photography? “It’s being able to freeze a moment in a person’s life and make it last forever and unforgettable – that is very powerful.  It takes such great responsibility and judgment, but that makes our profession special and unique.”

Does he find it difficult to describe a fantastic photo? “Technically speaking, it’s easy to explain: good composition, good exposure, focus, a good light, but I think that a picture goes beyond these technicalities and often an ‘imperfect’ image may be excellent.  A good picture is a unique image in terms of content, for what we feel when we see it, and when there is no need for a caption to grasp it.  That is a miraculous moment we seek throughout our careers, it is something we can see when we are staring at it.”

Sports photography is usually not classed in the same company as fine art photography, but fur Gustavo, it has a dynamic that other types of photography can not quite match. “Any sport where the athlete is running and at sort of risk is interesting to me - showing that interaction between the sport and the athlete is something I like a lot. Intellectually speaking, subjects related to human and social problems are very interesting, but nature and activities in contact with nature have always been of most interest to me.”

What does he think of the photography profession now? “This generation of photographers has suffered the worst changes in the history of our profession.  We started with mechanic cameras and black and white films.  Then, changes started to happen, we had to learn to think in colors, to copy in color, to scan, to transmit, to send mails, to use ftp and so on. In many respects, it was like starting from scratch, the delay in shooting of the first cameras, the change of 35 mm format, the new color ranges, the low quality of the first CCDs, until little by little we arrived at our present time.  Today, it is a great help to have all the technology breakthroughs available to us.”

For Gustavo, technology has given photographers new tools, but hasn’t changed the heart of the profession. “The technological breakthroughs have taken photography above and beyond what we imaged ten years ago. But I think that the core and unchangeable part of this profession remains the same. Fortunately the photographer’s unique point of view and the challenge to capture the right moment remain still unchanged.”