Chris Burkard
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Chris Burkard (born March 12, 1986 in San Luis Obispo, California) is an American photographer and artist, based in California Central Coast region.
He photographs landscape, lifestyle, surf, outdoor and travel subjects.
Burkard takes a photojournalistic approach to make editorial projects, using multiple media.
He uses natural light to capture humanizing moments.Burkard specializes in photographing in cold places, including in Iceland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, India, Cuba, New Zealand, Russia, Switzerland, and Italy.
Burkard has been named a top travel influencer.
Early life and education
Burkard was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He was raised by a single mother; she married his stepfather when Chris was 12 and they joined a family of five. He is a graduate of Arroyo Grande High School. After completing high school in 2004 at the age of 18, Burkard enrolled in classes at Cuesta Junior College. He became exposed to photography as an art form and the idea of composition quickly captured his attention. Growing up near the ocean and participating in water sports such as body surfing, bodyboarding, and surfing, Burkard sought to use photography as a mode of expression to highlight the movement of water and document his friends.
Burkard purchased his first camera from a Goodwill auction for $65, and after shooting and developing an entire roll of slide film he realized the camera didn't work. He then borrowed a camera from his girlfriend's mom, and began shooting regularly, experimenting with different lighting and contexts. Raised on the cusp of photography's mainstream transformation from film to digital in the mid-2000s, Burkard is self-taught in both.
In 2006, Burkard shadowed large format landscape photographer Michael Fatali, whose images of the American Southwest desert are published frequently. Later that year, Burkard interned under Transworld Surfing photo editor, Pete Taras.
Personal life
Burkard is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burkard lives in Grover Beach with his wife Breanne; they married in 2007 and have two sons, Jeremiah and Forrest.
Career
Burkard began as a freelance photographer on both editorial and commercial assignments, as well as having work published on over 35 national and international covers of magazines including Surfer Magazine (both print and digital). National Geographic Adventure EandSPN.com
Burkard was employed as a project photographer by Patagonia, Inc. beginning in 2009. Burkard also runs a full service studio in Grover Beach, California, that also shoots commercial and editorial content. Burkard has appeared on TED.
Burkard worked at Transworld Surf magazine for four months before being assistant photo editor in 2006. Burkard began as the senior staff photographer at Surfline, a worldwide surf forecasting and content website based in California, in 2008. He was also a senior staff photographer at Water Magazine before his departure in 2010. Burkard was first hired at Surfer Magazine in 2010. He currently works as a senior staff photographer as of May 2013.
Awards
- Morro Bay Art Society Award 2005.
- Follow the Light Foundation Flame Grant Winner 2006, commemorating long-time Photo Editor for Surfing Magazine, Larry "Flame" Moore, who died one year prior. Burkard was able to fund a six-month surfing trip along the California coast, which was later published as "The California Surf Project" by Chronicle Books.
- Red Bull Illume: Illumination and Overall Image Quest Winner 2010 – The work of the finalists is exhibited in a worldwide tour before revealing the winners in a final grand ceremony
- The World Open of Photography 2nd Place Open Winner 2012 – An international photography competition spanning multiple categories, The World Open of Photography named Burkard the 2nd Place Open Category Winner
- Red Bull Illume: Category Finalist (Spirit) 2013 – In August 2013 Burkard was a finalist in the Red Bull Illume "Spirit" category.
- Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown April 2013 – As part of the World Ski & Snowboard Festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Burkard was granted the People's Choice Award in the action sports photography competition.
- PMDA Visionary Photographer Award, 2016, in Las Vegas, NV.