About Chris
Bio
Chris Burkard is an American self-taught photographer and artist, based in California Central Coast region. Burkard’s work is layered by landscape, lifestyle, surf, outdoor and travel subjects. Burkard takes a photojournalistic approach to conceptualize large-scale editorial projects that extend across multiple mediums, formulated for digital and print content platforms. The use of natural lighting techniques is prevalent throughout Burkard’s work as well as capturing humanizing moments in both cultural and natural landscapes.
I'm passionate about
Surfing , wild open spaces , preserving nature at all costs
An idea worth spreading
Finding joy in suffering.. Anything in life that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer a little bit.. And ultimately give a piece of ourselves for the Experience.
Things you might not know
Bodysurfing , hackysack, climbing
