Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water
Kris Barkard (Chris Burkard): Radost surfovanja 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,
da je ovo radostan izraz lica,
Arctic selfie, I shiver just a little bit.
ovaj arktički selfi, malo zadrhtim.
a little bit about this photograph.
o ovoj fotografiji.
in the Lofoten Islands in Norway,
u Norveškoj,
right at freezing.
trying to leave my hands,
kako mi krv otiče iz šaka,
to protect my vital organs.
i juri da zaštiti vitalne organe.
and cheeks flushed red,
upalim očima i crvenim obrazima
is somewhere I can find great joy.
mogu da osetim veliko zadovoljstvo.
psychologist Brock Bastian
kad je napisao:
to mindfulness.
za stanje svesnosti.
of everything in the environment.
svesni svega u okruženju.
of the world much like meditation."
vrlo slično meditaciji."
then I would consider myself a monk.
onda bih ja bio monah.
in freezing cold water?
u ledenoj vodi,
a little perspective
može izgledati.
we were hoping for good waves,
dobrim talasima,
that was going to happen.
da će se to i desiti.
surf photographer, right?
if it's a real job title, to be honest.
ni da li je to pravo zanimanje.
su definitivno mislili da nije
my job to pursue this dream career:
da napuštam posao zbog tog sna:
and a tan that lasts all year long.
i preplanulost preko cele godine.
Life could not get any better.
Nije postojao bolji život.
in these exotic tourist destinations.
na egzotičnim turističkim destinacijama.
to these exotic locations,
putujući na ove egzotične lokacije,
and what I was finding was only routine.
a nalazio sam samo rutinu.
and a constant cellular connection
večere i stalna mobilna veza
of places heavily touristed
karakteristike turističkih mesta
for me to start feeling suffocated.
za divljim i otvorenim prostorima
others had written off
mesta koja su drugi otpisali
and too dangerous to surf,
i opasna za surfovanje
against the mundane,
protiv svakodnevice,
one thing I've realized,
as surf photography,
kao što je fotografija surfa,
za razbijanjem monotonije nešto shvatio:
this monotony, I realized something:
of the Earth's oceans that are warm,
Zemljinih okeana toplo,
around the equator.
savršene talase,
to happen somewhere cold,
exactly what I was looking for.
upravo ono što sam tražio.
by the natural beauty of the landscape,
prirodnom lepotom pejzaža,
we were finding perfect waves
da smo našli savršene talase
part of the world.
had piled on the shoreline.
between us and the surf,
through this thing like a maze
kao u lavirintu
trying to get into waves.
pokušavajući da stignemo do talasa.
one I'll never forget,
koje nikad neću zaboraviti,
one of the last quiet places,
na jedno od poslednjih mirnih mesta,
and a connection with the world
i povezanost sa svetom
on a crowded beach.
na pretrpanoj plaži.
(Smeh)
and unforgiving environments,
na ta okrutna i nemilosrdna okruženja
Norway, Alaska, Iceland, Chile,
Rusija, Norveška, Aljaska, Island, Čile,
and a lot of places in between.
about these places
u vezi sa ovim mestima
the creativity it took just to get there:
da bi se samo stiglo tamo:
provedene na Google Earth-u
of beach or reef we could actually get to.
ili grebena na koji možemo da stignemo.
the vehicles were just as creative:
vozila su bila isto tako kreativna:
Soviet troop carriers,
sovjetske vojske sa šest točkova
helicopter flights.
helikopterom.
bumpy boat ride
jedna posebno neprijatna plovidba brodom
to this kind of remote surf spot,
do ovog zabačenog mesta za surf,
helplessly from the water
bespomoćno gledajući iz vode
and bits of our tent,
were at the bottom of the food chain
da se nalazimo na dnu lanca ishrane
I traded for those touristy beaches.
kojom sam zamenio turističke plaže.
to Norway -- (Laughter) --
u Norvešku - (Smeh) -
to appreciate the cold.
the most violent storms in the world
i najžešćih oluja na svetu
into the coastline.
koji se razbijaju o obalu.
just inside the Arctic Circle.
na obodu arktičkog kruga.
of sheep than people,
was nowhere to be found.
ne bismo mogli da je nađemo.
taking pictures of surfers,
you're getting out of the water.
"Nema šanse da izađeš iz vode.
exactly what you've been waiting for:
i ovo je ono što si čekao:
with perfect waves.
my finger to push the trigger,
da bih pritisnuo okidač,
I shook it off, whatever.
protresao ruke.
the valley and hit me,
quickly became a full-on blizzard,
ubrzo je postalo prava mećava
perception of where I was.
za to gde se nalazim.
out to sea or towards shore,
ka otvorenom moru ili ka obali
was the faint sound of seagulls
bio je slab zvuk galebova
for sinking ships and grounding planes,
tonuli brodovi i padali avioni,
I started to get a little bit nervous.
postajao sam malo nervozan.
borderline hypothermic,
da mi pomognu da izađem iz vode.
had to help me out of the water.
delirium setting in or what,
da ulazim u delirijum ili šta već,
where I really began to feel
počeo da osećam
it was something I was forced to earn.
što sam bio primoran da dobijem.
had actually taught me something:
nečemu naučilo:
is going to require us to suffer
zahtevaće od nas da se pomučimo
that I did for my photography,
zbog svoje fotografije
that was so much more meaningful to me
što mi je mnogo više značilo
the pages of magazines.
in these places,
I had always been searching for.
koji sam oduvek tražio.
and cold wetsuits
i hladne zaštitne kostime
that it took just to get there,
what I see is just joy.
je samo 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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