About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherAMMO Books, LLC
ISBN-101623260280
ISBN-139781623260286
eBay Product ID (ePID)171649342
Product Key Features
Book TitleChasing Epic: the Snowboard Photographs of Jeff Curtes
Number of Pages84 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicIndividual Photographers / General, Subjects & Themes / Sports, Snowboarding
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Photography
AuthorJake Burton
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length15.5 in
Item Width11.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"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
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal796.9390222
SynopsisSnowboarding 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., CHASING EPIC: THE SNOWBOARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF JEFF CURTES is not only the ultimate document of snowboarding but an impressive artistic achievement as well. 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. 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.
LC Classification NumberGV857.S57
