Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water
Chris Burkard: Zadovoljstvo surfanja u ledenoj vodi
Chris Burkard travels to remote, risky and often icy locations to capture stunning images that turn traditional surf photography on its head. Full bio
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this was the face of pure joy,
Arctic selfie, I shiver just a little bit.
arktički selfie, malo protrnem.
a little bit about this photograph.
ovoj fotografiji.
in the Lofoten Islands in Norway,
otoka u Nizozemskoj,
right at freezing.
trying to leave my hands,
mi krv želi napustiti ruke,
to protect my vital organs.
vitalne organe.
and cheeks flushed red,
ispijenih očiju i ružičastih obraza,
is somewhere I can find great joy.
gdje pronalazim veliku radost.
psychologist Brock Bastian
psiholog Brock Bastian
to mindfulness.
prečac do pozornosti.
of everything in the environment.
svega u okolini.
of the world much like meditation."
svijeta kao i meditacija."
then I would consider myself a monk.
tada se smatram redovnikom.
in freezing cold water?
surfati u ledeno hladnoj vodi,
a little perspective
we were hoping for good waves,
danas nadali dobrim valovima,
that was going to happen.
će se ovo dogoditi.
surf photographer, right?
if it's a real job title, to be honest.
pravi posao, da budem iskren.
my job to pursue this dream career:
ostavit posao kako bi krenuo za snom:
and a tan that lasts all year long.
tamna koža tijekom cijele godine.
Life could not get any better.
Život nije mogao biti bolji.
in these exotic tourist destinations.
u egzotičnim destinacijama.
to these exotic locations,
te egzotične lokacije,
and what I was finding was only routine.
a nalazio samo rutinu.
and a constant cellular connection
mobilna povezanost
of places heavily touristed
preplavljenih turistima,
for me to start feeling suffocated.
otvorenim prostorima
others had written off
koja su drugi otpisali kao
and too dangerous to surf,
previše opasne za surfanje,
against the mundane,
rat protiv svakodnevice,
one thing I've realized,
as surf photography,
surferskog fotografa,
this monotony, I realized something:
monotonije, shvatio sam da
of the Earth's oceans that are warm,
Zemljinih oceana topla,
around the equator.
to happen somewhere cold,
negdje gdje je hladno,
exactly what I was looking for.
točno ono što sam tražio.
by the natural beauty of the landscape,
ljepotom pejzaža,
we were finding perfect waves
da smo našli savršene valove
neravnom dijelu svijeta.
part of the world.
had piled on the shoreline.
nagomilane na obali.
between us and the surf,
između nas i surfanja,
through this thing like a maze
kao da smo u labirintu,
trying to get into waves.
kako bismo zajahali valove.
one I'll never forget,
koje nikada neću zaboraviti,
one of the last quiet places,
jedno od posljednjih tihih mjesta,
and a connection with the world
i vezu sa svijetom,
on a crowded beach.
na plaži prepunoj ljudi.
and unforgiving environments,
okrutnog okoliša koji ne prašta.
Norway, Alaska, Iceland, Chile,
Aljasku, Island, Čile
and a lot of places in between.
about these places
the creativity it took just to get there:
potrebno uložiti kako bih došao tamo,
provedeni na Google Earthu,
of beach or reef we could actually get to.
udaljenu plažu ili greben.
the vehicles were just as creative:
prometala su bila jednako kreativna:
Soviet troop carriers,
sovjetski nosači trupa
helicopter flights.
helikopterskih letova.
bumpy boat ride
vožnje brodom, uz obalu
to this kind of remote surf spot,
izdvojenom mjestu za surfanje,
helplessly from the water
and bits of our tent,
were at the bottom of the food chain
mi na dnu prehrambenog lanaca
I traded for those touristy beaches.
odabrao umjesto turističkih plaža.
to Norway -- (Laughter) --
(smijeh)
to appreciate the cold.
the most violent storms in the world
najzlokobnijih oluja na svijetu
into the coastline.
koji razaraju obaju.
just inside the Arctic Circle.
unutar Arktičkog kruga.
of sheep than people,
was nowhere to be found.
pomoć, teško bismo je našli.
taking pictures of surfers,
you're getting out of the water.
šanse da izađem iz vode.
exactly what you've been waiting for:
ovo je točno ono što sam čekao:
with perfect waves.
savršenim valovima.
my finger to push the trigger,
prst kako pritišće okidač,
I shook it off, whatever.
Stresao sam se, bilo što.
the valley and hit me,
kako me udara,
snijega, brzo se pretvorilo u pravu mećavu,
quickly became a full-on blizzard,
perception of where I was.
out to sea or towards shore,
prema moru ili prema obali,
was the faint sound of seagulls
nejasan zvuk galebova
for sinking ships and grounding planes,
potapanja brodova i prizemljivanja aviona,
I started to get a little bit nervous.
postajao sam pomalo nervozan.
borderline hypothermic,
na granici hipotermije(pothlađenosti),
had to help me out of the water.
delirium setting in or what,
imao osmijeh na licu.
where I really began to feel
iskustva sam počeo osjećati
it was something I was forced to earn.
bio prisiljen zaraditi tu fotografiju.
had actually taught me something:
me zapravo naučio nešto:
is going to require us to suffer
zahtijevati će od vas
that I did for my photography,
učinio za svoju fotografiju,
that was so much more meaningful to me
mi je imala puno više smisla
the pages of magazines.
in these places,
sebe na tim mjestima,
I had always been searching for.
koji sam uvijek tražio.
and cold wetsuits
i hladno odijelo za ronjenje,
that it took just to get there,
what I see is just joy.
zadovoljstvo.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Burkard - Surf photographerChris Burkard travels to remote, risky and often icy locations to capture stunning images that turn traditional surf photography on its head.
Why you should listen
For most people, surfing evokes sunny sand and warm, blue water in tropical locales. In his book Distant Shores, self-taught photographer Chris Burkard detours to the coastlines of Norway, Iceland and Alaska, shooting surfers as they ride waves on icy beaches that have rarely been photographed -- let alone surfed.
Traveling to often dangerous extremes to discover unknown landscapes, Burkard composes images that transcend the simple action shots of action photography, placing nature at the center of his compositions.
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