Chasing Epic: The Snowboard Photographs of Jeff Curtes - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1623260280 ISBN 13: 9781623260286

Publisher: AMMO Books, 2014

Synopsis

Snowboarding as a winter sport has exploded in popularity in the last 25 years. One of the most prolific and talented photographers of this extreme sport is Jeff Curtes. CHASING EPIC: THE SNOWBOARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF JEFF CURTES is not only the ultimate document of snowboarding but an impressive artistic achievement as well. Curtes’s camera juxtaposes the best snowboarders of our time, including Shaun White and many others, across impossibly beautiful, majestic, and insane mountainsides. His compositions emphasize the lone individual soaring across awe-inspiring landscapes in an almost surreal and sometimes abstract figure/ground/sky relationship. Curtes’s images capture the skill, courage, and freedom that these athletes possess in their pursuit of the perfect ride.

Jeff Curtes has been at the forefront of the snowboarding industry’s imagery since his first published work back in 1992. In 1994, Curtes signed with Burton Snowboards and had been their principal photographer until 2012, nearly 20 years behind the lens on the snow. Jeff’s work with Burton, originating with action-centric images, was unique in that it came from within the core snowboarder’s lifestyle. He was living and breathing snowboarding with his brother, Joe Curtes, as they traveled from the Midwest to the Mountains of the West Coast. Burton allowed Curtes to travel the world in search of the epic conditions that every snowboarder dreams of, and, in return, Curtes’s camera delivered an overwhelming collection of photographs to their light table.These images not only made incredible advertising and catalog content but also defined a subculture and captured the early history of snowboarding like no others before.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeff Curtes (b. 1969) has been at the forefront of the snowboarding industry’s imagery since his first published images back in 1992. In 1994, Curtes signed with Burton Snowboards and had been their Principal Photographer until 2012, nearly 20 years behind the lens on the snow. Jeff is currently repped by Jonathan Retseck, (RXR) based in NYC. Together they are pursuing commercial work both in and out of the snow.

Review:

"This brilliant and beautiful book boasts some amazing images from Jeff, who has been capturing images of some of the biggest and best boarders in the game." ―stupidDOPE
"As the popularity of snowboarding has increased over the last 25 years, so has Jeff Curtes's recognition as one of its most skilled photographers. The book ... is a definitive document of the sport, featuring images by Curtes of world-renowned snowboarders, such as Shaun White, Danny Davis, Jason Brown, and Kazu Kokubo." ―Jocks&Nerds

About this edition

• Publisher: AMMO Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1623260280
• ISBN 13: 9781623260286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 84
• Editor: Crist Steve, Shoemaker Megan