Chris Burkard
Adventure Photographer | Redefining Surf Imagery
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Chris Burkard is a renowned adventure and surf photographer who captures the beauty of remote, icy landscapes. His stunning, unconventional images have redefined the genre of surf photography.
Burkard's work has been featured in National Geographic, The New Yorker, and numerous international publications. Through his powerful visual storytelling, he invites audiences to explore the world's most captivating natural environments and the human experiences within them.
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The joy of surfing in ice-cold water
"Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit," says surf photographer Chris Burkard, as he explains his obsession with the coldest, choppiest, most isolated beaches on earth. With jawdropping photos and stories of places few humans have ever seen -- much less surfed -- he draws us into his "personal crusade against the mundane."
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED | 2015 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada |
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