Three years ago, I started to plan out this series I was really passionate of doing. I have always been so hyped on silhouettes and they seem very powerful to me. They eliminate a lot of distractions and make you focus on shapes, lines, and shadows.

The idea sparked when I saw a photo Trevor Graves had shot almost 10 years ago of Trevor Andrew. It was a shot against a red background at night on a quater pipe, where Trevor was filled with light as well so he wasn’t an entire silhouette. I remember thinking, damn, full silhouettes in BW could be pretty insane, and could look rad to bring a studio feel into snowboarding.

Then the pre production started, as I first envisioned each shot from a specific angle on different features. Next I figured out, regular white seamless (typically used in studios) would not work, as they were not large enough and would rip constantly due to the wind. Once I located a 20′ X 20′ canvas, I bought it for the project. Following that I went to Home Depot with Heffer, and started got a shit load of galvenized pipes, so we could build a frame for the canvas.

I lined up working with the Forum crew exculsivly on this project. Then Transworld was into it as well, so then I knew we had to make it happen. Working with the park crew at Mammoth was awesome, as they were down to build and shape whatever was needed for the project. Each night, we shot one feature and completled one photograph for the series.

Below are the shots from the series (we shot one color silho), the cover shot of Transworld Photo Annual, and a video edit done by BoBBY about the project. Thanks to all that helped with this project, as it was a bit of a large one to pull off. It feels pretty good to have finally completled a solid personal project in snowboarding. I hope to executing more in the future.