2006 Banff Mountain Photography Competition
Special Mention
Chris Noble: Aspen Trunks
“Aspen trees have always captivated me, first by their inherent beauty and second by the fact that vast groves of tress can all be one immense, related organism. Of course one is attracted to the vivid colour of aspen leaves in autumn, but in this image I wanted to explore the feeling of symmetry and repeated form which one experiences in a mature grove.”
Chris Noble is a photographer and writer, as well as a veteran of over 30 expeditions. His work appears in hundreds of publications, including National Geographic, Outside, Life, Rolling Stone, and Newsweek. For a decade Noble served as the primary advertising photographer for The North Face. He has been a contributing editor at Powder and Outdoor Photography magazines, and an advisor on product development for The North Face and Lowepro. He has been a featured speaker at the National Geographic Society and the Banff Mountain Book Festival. Noble’s recent work explores the spiritual dimension of human’s relationship with the earth, focusing on projects that help create a more mindful, compassionate and sustainable world.