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Captured in vivid color, the moments that PHOTO © 2017 STEFAN FORSTER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.STEFANFORSTER.COM
Stefan Forster uncovers out-of-the-way
places in nature take place on adventurous
backcountry trips far from civilization, where
he carries up to 80 pounds in camera gear
and camping equipment. With enormous
enthusiasm but still prepared for anything, he
often hikes through remote areas for weeks
at a time on his search for the extraordinary.
Forster’s travels take him to beautiful
destinations, but the photographer looks for
more than a pretty landscape. “What I’m
looking for is not just the location,” he says.
“I’m looking for extreme and rare light and
weather moods and moments. The worst
thing I can imagine is a clear blue sky. When
this happens, my camera has the day off. I
love extreme terrain like Greenland, Norway,
Patagonia, the Altiplano, the Himalaya, and
of course my second home, Iceland.”
His method yields unique, fascinating photos.
This book shows this youthful photographer’s
“greatest hits” to date: everything from rare
rainstorms in the world’s driest desert and
the Northern Lights shimmering through
icebergs, to spectacular shots of the Rocky
Mountains. “Most people’s brains -mine
included- are not set up to retain a beautiful
experience or a fascinating landscape, no
matter how impressive, in the form of a
palpable memory. My first camera changed
this for me. Its images let me transport
myself back to moments I want to be able to
recall for as long as I live. My photography
expeditions accumulated in the following
years: I paddled by kayak along the west coast
of Greenland; camped in the forests of Alaska
and Canada; climbed volcanoes without
permission; waited, shivering with frost, for
months to see an aura; and kayaked through
the dark among the alligators of Louisiana’s
swamps”, says Forster.
He was one of the first photographers to use
state-of-the-art quadcopter drones to give his
photos fresh, new perspectives. Stefan Forster
published some of these aerial pictures in
Above the World – Earth Through a Drone’s
Eye, released by teNeues in September 2016.
In his new book Chasing Light (published by
teNeues in June 2017), he organizes his work
by terrain, from sand dunes and deserts to
The photographer took this image of the west coast of
Tasmania in 2017. / Ο φωτογράφος τράβηξε αυτήν την
εικόνα της δυτικής ακτής της Τασμανίας το 2017.
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Stefan Forster uncovers out-of-the-way
places in nature take place on adventurous
backcountry trips far from civilization, where
he carries up to 80 pounds in camera gear
and camping equipment. With enormous
enthusiasm but still prepared for anything, he
often hikes through remote areas for weeks
at a time on his search for the extraordinary.
Forster’s travels take him to beautiful
destinations, but the photographer looks for
more than a pretty landscape. “What I’m
looking for is not just the location,” he says.
“I’m looking for extreme and rare light and
weather moods and moments. The worst
thing I can imagine is a clear blue sky. When
this happens, my camera has the day off. I
love extreme terrain like Greenland, Norway,
Patagonia, the Altiplano, the Himalaya, and
of course my second home, Iceland.”
His method yields unique, fascinating photos.
This book shows this youthful photographer’s
“greatest hits” to date: everything from rare
rainstorms in the world’s driest desert and
the Northern Lights shimmering through
icebergs, to spectacular shots of the Rocky
Mountains. “Most people’s brains -mine
included- are not set up to retain a beautiful
experience or a fascinating landscape, no
matter how impressive, in the form of a
palpable memory. My first camera changed
this for me. Its images let me transport
myself back to moments I want to be able to
recall for as long as I live. My photography
expeditions accumulated in the following
years: I paddled by kayak along the west coast
of Greenland; camped in the forests of Alaska
and Canada; climbed volcanoes without
permission; waited, shivering with frost, for
months to see an aura; and kayaked through
the dark among the alligators of Louisiana’s
swamps”, says Forster.
He was one of the first photographers to use
state-of-the-art quadcopter drones to give his
photos fresh, new perspectives. Stefan Forster
published some of these aerial pictures in
Above the World – Earth Through a Drone’s
Eye, released by teNeues in September 2016.
In his new book Chasing Light (published by
teNeues in June 2017), he organizes his work
by terrain, from sand dunes and deserts to
The photographer took this image of the west coast of
Tasmania in 2017. / Ο φωτογράφος τράβηξε αυτήν την
εικόνα της δυτικής ακτής της Τασμανίας το 2017.
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