Richard McGibbon

Richard McGibbon - Ski photographer

From as far back as I remember I have had a camera in my hand. My father, a professional photographer himself, encouraged this in me. He took me under his wing, taught me the ins and outs of photography and led me on many great photographic adventures in the early years.

My father bought my first SLR camera for me when I was around 10 years old, an old Russian Zenit that weighed about the same as a house brick. I carried it with me everywhere I went.

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Bored with life in Sydney, I took to travelling the world in search of adventure. I found my way to the Austrian ski resort of St. Anton Am Arlberg where I took a job in a pizzeria and set up base. Growing up on Sydney‘s Northern Beaches meant skateboarding and surfing so snowboarding was a natural progression for me.

I didn’t start till I was 26 but took to it with a passion and have done my best to make up for lost time since. I have snowboarded in Columbia, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland and Austria. My aspirations of becoming a pro-snowboarder were cut short by a badly broken leg and the fact that I wasn’t nearly good enough. It was while recuperating from my broken leg that I bought my first digital SLR and decided to try my hand as a ski-photographer.

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My main interest in photography lies in combination of adventure sports, landscapes and travel. I draw a lot of my inspiration from stories people tell me of their adventures around the world. I hate to feel I am missing out on something and so usually set about trying to organise or join a trip to the many places I hear about. The list of places that I still want to visit is long - very long - and I fear I shall never get through it all. Using my photography, I hope in turn to inspire other people to go out and experience the world for themselves, the cultures, the landscapes.

My photographs won 2008 St. Anton Photo Awards taking 1st place in the Landscape category and 1st place in the Action category. I have a diploma in journalism and use writing as another way to document my travels. A sample of my clients includes: Arson Clothing, Pipolaki, Ski Magazine, Alpine Evolution and Alltracks Academy.

You can find more of my work on my website www.richardmcgibbon.com. Please feel free to drop by for a visit and a browse.

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