Photographer: Chris Bray
Shooting subjects: Canadian Arctic, New Zealand, Cradle Mountain Tasmania
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D, Pentax Optio W20
Chris Bray is an Australian freelance cameraman, specialising in wilderness and wildlife photography.
He was born into a life of adventure — sailing around the world for five years with his family on their homemade yacht. Leading an active outdoor lifestyle, when Chris was just 20 he undertook a 30-day expedition in Tasmania's untracked south-western wilderness — complete with air drops of supplies. Australian Geographic labelled this trek "one of the toughest foot journeys in the world" and named him, along with his hiking mate Jasper Timm, the "Young Adventurer of the Year" in 2004.
This trek was soon followed by other journeys and in 2005 Chris lead a two-man, world-first, 58-day, unsupported expedition across the largely unexplored Victoria Island in the Arctic. Together with companion Clark Carter, they hauled their homemade wheeled kayaks behind them, each loaded with 250kg of gear and supplies. Crossing regions never before seen by human eyes, they filmed encounters with Arctic wolves and polar bears and documented archaeological sites while the temperature plunged to -38° Celsius with wind-chill.
Chris' career blends his passions of photography, writing, film making and developing innovative approaches to adventuring. For more on his exploits see his website at www.ChrisBray.net.
Lakeside Arctic fox At the slightest movement or sound, this fully grown Arctic fox — in its summer coat — gave up its quest for lemmings only long enough to flick me a curious glance before focusing back on the task at hand. In the middle of Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic, many of the animals have never encountered humans before, and would slowly edge closer, visibly torn between curiosity and fear.
Canon EOS 20D, 1/320 sec, F/6.3, ISO 100, 400mm lens
Credit: Chris Bray www.ChrisBray.net
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