With an appetite for adventure, a can-do attitude and a ‘have W camera, will travel’ philosophy, Chris Burkard is as much a force of nature as the subjects he documents. One of the world’s leading adventure photographers, Burkard has been taking his viewers into far-flung and inaccessible parts of the world for a decade and a half, raising awareness of the state of the planet and the effects of climate change. His main focus, though, is his first love – the sea. Whether on assignment shooting surfing and extreme outdoor sports for global brands or capturing images for his own portfolio, Burkard has a reputation for going the extra mile in every sense, braving uncompromising conditions for periods of time that would leave others in his wake.
Chris Burkard
Adventure photographer
A photographer, adventurer, creative director, speaker and author, Burkard has worked with many leading global corporations and international tourist boards. His books include California Surf Project, High Tide, Under An Arctic Sky and Wayward. Anyone keen to hear his take on the joy of surfing in ice-cold water should watch his Ted Talk on YouTube (www.bit.ly/dc249burkard). Burkard has completed assignments and expeditions in Norway, Iceland, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Russia – and many other countries.
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With his latest book The Oceans: The Maritime Photography of Chris Burkard having been published at the end of last year, it felt like an appropriate time to ask the man himself about the story behind the book, and how it compares to his previous one, Wayward: Stories and Photographs, published in 2021, which he discussed in issue 249 of Digital Camera.
“The biggest difference is that Wayward was a
