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 media, 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.

Burkard gravitates towards and leads assignments to colder places. This contrasts the idea of surfing as a sun-drenched, beach-blonde experience. Burkard has led trips to some of the coldest regions of the globe. In addition to hunting down perfect waves in some of the harshest conditions in the world, Burkard has shot, both personally and commercially, on six of the seven continents. His travels have included over 21 trips to Iceland, as well as trips to Norway, the Faroe Islands, India, Cuba, New Zealand, Russia, Switzerland, and Italy. Burkard has been named a top travel influencer.

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