HOME BASE: USA

Born in Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, Truc Nguyen Allen immigrated to Southeastern US with his mother in 1980. Realizing at a young age that a life in the outdoors was where he wanted to be, he’s been dedicated to adventure sports and the outdoor industry for over 25 years.

Currently living in Seattle, Washington, Truc has been providing photos and video for global to local clients like Rock & Ice and Climbing Magazines, GORE-TEX, Arc’Teryx, Outdoor Research, MadRock Climbing, Nikwax, Traction eRag, and many more. His love for photography and the backcountry is only rivaled by his dedication to family and creating relationships within the community. As a long time athlete in each sport, he also commits a regular amount of his time as board, committee, and staff with local to national advocacy, stewardship, and safety organizations like the American Alpine Club, Access Fund, Washington Climbers Coalition, and the Northwest Avalanche Center. When he can find the time, he also writes music, performing around Seattle, and regular shows for the annual Outdoor Retailer in Denver.

HOME BASE: CANADA

Tyler is a photographer and educator based in Alberta Canada with a passion for the outdoors. This passion continues to push Tyler to explore beautiful locations in search of dramatic landscapes and epic light.

HOME BASE: PERU

Veronica Lanza has participated in programs from and for National Geographic, Sky News, Olympic channel and Italian public television, RAI 3. She currently lives in Peru and works as a journalist for the Italian channel ZWEBTV and as a producer, photographer and director for various clients.

Lately, drone photography for the 2021 book ¨Huarmey, Continuity and Change¨ editor and texts Rafo León, production and editing of tutorials for the 2021 DFP film workshops, 2021 BTS J-HOPE spot for Claro Música, 2021 spot for Claro Home and Spot for Claro Care Center, the first photographic and audiovisual campaign of Nika Ram Yoga in Rome 2021, 2020 Spot Donations Gian Marco-Unicef Peru, the delivery of oxygen concentrators to Unicef 2020, donations of hygiene kit and of dignity UNFPA 2020, La Punta Clinique Nautique for Jeanneau 2020, Lenny Kravitz for Claro Música, the Night Surf and Golf championship, the Copa Pelicanos and Ancón 2020-2019 regattas, the JDEN 2019 by MINEDU, Cannes Yachting Festival 2019 in France among others .

The realization and production of several documentaries for Unicef on the World Day of the Rights of the Child, “Infancias Diversas”, the visit of Gian Marco to the victims of Piura, the documentary “Guerrero de las Nubes” on the first cable cars in Peru in Kuelap, the documentary on accessibility from the World Bank, the photographic and audiovisual dossier of the 18th Latin GRAMMY Award in Las Vegas for BBVA, coordinator of the Olympic Channel Broadcasting by the “International Olympic Committee - Lima”, the photographic dossier of the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the executive producer Marco Balich, the photographic and documentary dossier of the eco-architectural project Plan Selva of MINEDU (the Plan Selva was chosen to represent the pavilion of Peru, winning the 2nd prize for the best National Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016), several documentaries for the artist Gian Marco with Claro and Tondero And for 3-time Grammy Award winner Susana Baca's albums, concerts and tour in Nigeria.

HOME BASE: MEXICO

Spanish-born, Hong Kong-brewed, Mexico City-based and globally working, commercial & editorial photographer specialising in sports.

Victor started his career while completing his Marketing Communications degree, shooting assignments around the globe for high-profile surfing magazines. As a photographer, he went on to develop his expertise in editorial photography working for world-renowned Reuters and Getty Images agencies in Spain and in Asia. Victor has covered events that he is most passionate about, having photographed 3x Summer & Winter Olympics Games, Formula 1 GP's, several world swimming championships, athletics, soccer, badminton, and Grand Slams ATP & WTA tennis tournaments.

Victor is well known for his ability to work with world-leading talents and for having worked extensively on behalf of sponsors and national sport associations. He has developed his style which has been seen his work published in Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Quo, Men's Health magazine among others. His work has been recognized in numerous international photography awards.

Victor's shift to commercial photography began in earnest in 2009 after 15 years of editorial experience. His clients include Nike, Rolex, Red Bull, Neil Pryde, HSBC, UBS, Infiniti Motors, Ballantine's, Volvo Ocean Race, KIA Motors and Billabong.

HOME BASE: UK

I am a timelapse and hyperlapse operator based in London, UK.

I graduated from the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema, and Sound in Brussels in 2011 and have been a full-time freelance timelapse & hyperlapse photographer since. 

Having been based in Antwerp, Sydney, and London over the last decade, I've worked with a global network of top-tier brands, film production companies, firms, and agencies.

With over 220,000 followers across platforms, I have one of the largest followings in the timelapse & hyperlapse space.

If you are looking for a Key Opinion Leader in this realm regarding product promotions, social media campaigns, or real-life events please get in touch.

HOME BASE: USA

Will shoots both advertising work for the outdoor industry as well as documents large scale adventure expeditions around the world. 

Will's images have a good time. His imagery speaks volumes about what makes him tick.

The photography laughs, limbos and leaps into your lap. The cast of characters welcomes you in to be part of the experience.

Travel along for the ride into the streets of Cuba or big walls of Oman or the glaciers of Alaska.

With a clear vision upfront, Will brings his version of magic that its not easily faked. It’s natural because the creator produces a feel that has layers on top of it.

HOMEBASE: USA
Matt was raised in the outdoor mecca of Truckee, CA which has inspired a life dedicated to exploring the World’s most remote places while inspiring others through amazing imagery. He has traveled to over 75 countries and all seven continents, filming for some of the biggest brands in the world as a director of photography, camera operator and drone pilot. He operates two media companies, TahoeMatt Media and Mosaic Studios.

HOME BASE: SPAIN

Mario Rubio is a specialized photographer in night photography and long-exposure photography. Since 2.008 He is the CEO of the Spanish Company “Fotógrafo Nocturno” whose community is all over the Spanish-speaking countries.

Mario Rubio is involved in education. For this reason, he publishes a magazine every six months. He also published two podcasts related to photography and the business too.

In addition to this, He organizes the International Night Photography Congress “iNight” in Madrid and he is algo de founder of AFONOCTE, “Spanish Night Photographers Association”

He has published two books and his main activity is doing workshops all over Spain and in any other countries like Iceland, Argentina, México, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica and others.

To sum up, Mario Rubio represents to the big community of night photographers in Spain.

HOME BASE: SPAIN

Gonzalo Manera is a photographer from Madrid, Spain. He’s loved sports since he was a child and his passions have always been skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and being in the mountains. When he started shooting his first subjects were his friends skating and snowboarding and in a few years he made his way into the industry and started working as a pro.

He has been shooting for over 20 years and soon after starting photography, he started into video as well. He feels truly fortunate to work with magazines and brands from all over the world but his greatest accomplishment is to wake up every day with passion for his job and not having a boss.

Gonzalo is always doing creative work and he curated a snowboard photography book called The Eight and runs Visual University, a weekly photography podcast.

He currently lives in Madrid and when he is not shooting or traveling he is spending time with his wife Marta and kids, Teo and Cecilia.

HOME BASE: Philippines

Before arriving in Asia, Gary was a photographer & Videographer in the British Army

Gary’s career as a military photographer working in Combat Camera Teams helped develop his unique and intimate style

Gary had exclusive access to Princes William & Harry during their military service, as well as being an official photographer for the Royal family, including the Queen.

Work took him to a variety of exciting locations from Northern Ireland, The Balkans, the Middle East and Africa. Gary is an avid traveler and is currently exploring Asia.

In November 2015 - Gary was privileged and fortunate to be awarded a job that allowed him to shoot “Behind the Scenes” with Heads of State of the APEC Nations. This allowed unprecedented access and interaction with the leaders of the APEC Nations including President Obama of the USA and President Xi Jinping of China.

In 2017, Gary became an official Fuji X-Photographer and brand ambassador for Fujifilm.

Clients of F8 Photography range from Ducati, Pirelli, Audi, UBS, ABN Amro, Coca-Cola, Swire Properties Hong Kong, Asia jet, and Bookazine, amongst many others.