PRO CONTEST
The DEEP WINTER Photo Challenge will invite 5 pro ski and snowboard photographers to team up with athletes of their choice to capture the epic powder days, stormy conditions and deep tree skiing of Whistler and Blackcomb mountain's 'typical' January season.
With $6000 up for grabs the photographers will have less than 3 days to shoot in and around the Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. From Tuesday morning to closing time Thursday afternoon these photographers will search in and around Whistler Blackcomb for the perfect landscape, abstract, lifestyle and action photos.
All 5 photographers will each create a montage of their best images from the week and these slideshows will be shown Friday night, January 9th at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Tickets are $15.00. Doors at 7pm, slideshows start at 8pm.
The photographers:
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THE RULES AND REGULATIONS:
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5 pro ski and/or snowboard photographers have been invited to participate in this year's event. |
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Each photographer will have three (3) days to shoot starting on the morning of Tuesday, January 6th and ending on Thursday, January 8th. |
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All the photos in this contest will be taken on Whistler or Blackcomb mountains. |
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Each photographer will create a 3 - 5 minute slideshow and these slideshows will be shown Friday night, January 9th, at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Doors at 7pm, slideshows begin at 8pm. |
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The photographers will also choose photos to be judged in the following categories: |
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Best of Show |
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Best Landscape |
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Best Action |
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Best Abstract |
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and Best Lifestyle |
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THE PRIZES:
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1st Prize - $3000 |
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2nd Prize - $2000 |
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3rd Prize - $1000 |
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PRO BIOS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
 ANDREW BRADLEY
Born and raised in Montreal, QC, Andrew Bradley migrated westward in 1990, first landing in Lake Louise for 6 years and then moving to Whistler.
Skier turned photographer, Bradley decided to combine his passion of the arts and skiing and has formally studied photography at Langara College in Vancouver, BC.
His gift of capturing skiing’s stars of today and tomorrow has not gone unnoticed, with shots published in Powder magazine, Skier magazine and Mountain Life among others.
When not skiing, Bradley enjoys capturing portraits of people and pit bulls.
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 DAN CARR
Originally born in the UK , Carr took a gap year in Whistler, British Columbia after high-school which planted the seed for a mountain obsession. While his passion for mountain life took a backseat as he finished his degree in England, it wasn't long before he returned to the mountains to start shooting his friends in action.
As a finalist in the 2008 Pro Photographer Showdown, Dan has already proven his expertise behind the lens in his short career. His work has been featured in ski and snowboard magazines from Japan to Canada and everywhere in between as well as innumerable commercial campaigns for an ever widening list of clients.
During the winter you will find him hanging out in British Columbia, shooting alongside the worlds top snowsports athletes and film companies in the never ending quest for the perfect images from his white, wintery world.
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 CRISPIN CANNON
Like his namesake, Crispin Cannon has stuck to his guns over the years. Shooting freelance snowboard photos since 1999, Crispin often subsidized his winter income by roughnecking on an oil rig or capturing clients’ wettest n’ wildest rafting moments for Canadian Outback Adventures.
He even served a brief stint as a part-time doorman at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler before taking the reins at California based Future Snowboard magazine as photo editor.
“These days Mr. Cannon is living back in Whistler under the employ of Ride Snowboards as their international team photographer. With the debut of his slideshow in the Macdonald ballroom on January 9th it appears he will have come full circle, only this time someone will be opening the doors for him.”
- Gerhard Gross Associate Editor, Snowboard Canada magazine
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 BRIAN HOCKENSTEIN
My name is Brian Hockenstein. I'm 28 years old, grew up in English-speaking Montreal and have lived in Whistler for 8.5 years. I love using my cameras, photo or video, to share the incredible experiences we have here on a daily basis with the rest of the world, mostly in the hopes that one day my big brother will stop calling me a bum.
I love to shoot all aspects of snowboarding, my only rule is that we have fun doing it. I am extremely grateful towards the photographers who have come before me, many of them have been huge inspirations and teachers to me over the past few years, something that would not neccesarily happen in some other profession. I love what I do.
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 JORDAN MANLEY
Jordan Manley is a Vancouver-Whistler based photographer. At 24 he has been shooting skiing professionally for the past few years, and his work now appears regularly in publications across the globe.
Last year Jordan took part in two photo contests, Whistler-Blackcomb's Deep Winter Photo Challenge and Skiing magazine's South American Photo Challenge and was voted the winner of both events.
When not photographing or skiing, Jordan is completing a Political Science degree at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, eventually.
Website: www.jordanmanley.com
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