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Ice Climbing Photography in the Greenland Ice Cap with Christian Pondella and Red Bull

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Christian Pondella is one of the world’s leading extreme sports photographers, and much of his work sees him travelling the world with Red Bull’s top athletes. On a recent ice climbing trip to Greenland with Will Gadd, they produced a great video that gives you an insight into the both the photographic and athletic skills required to do this kind of work. If the video has you hungry for more, Christian shares a few more details on the Red Bull website. A few years ago we had a chat to Christian to find out what kind of gear he carries …

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I Achieved One of My Dreams: Red Bull Illume Finalist

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The Red Bull Illume photo contest is one of the biggest photo contests in the world, and amongst action and adventure sports photographers, nothing tops its prestige. With the might of Red Bull’s media power, this contest gets far more global exposure in mainstream media than any other photography contest.  When I first started to shoot a lot of action sports at the beginning of my career, it was always a dream of mine to be selected as a finalist in this contest because those images are taken on a world tour to be exhibited in several major cities. The contest takes …

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