Jury 2010

Tibor Sárvári

EDITOR, OFFLINE & WHITELINE MAGAZINES (HUNGARY)

"I’m looking forward to seeing the world’s most outstanding adventure sports images. I can’t wait to see the passion, thrilling lifestyle and culture behind the shots," says Tibor Sárvári, Editor-in-chief at Offline and WhiteLine magazines.

As the headman in Hungary’s main freesports publications for over 10 years now, what have been his career highlights to date? "The first issue of course. We have also published some interviews with some legendary BMX-Snow-Skate riders. Other highlights were the X-Games Special issue and the first Photo Issue for Offline magazine. It’s great just to cover so many great extreme sport events all over the world."

Although Tibor is aware that digital photography has transformed the profession, he still thinks that film-based photography has its advantages. "Analog technologies have the ability to capture the nature of the real world with great finesse. Although this is still an advantage for some high-level analog technologies, including photography, it is the only one and the digital technologies are catching up very fast."

What does he love about freesports photography? "I really like street-location shots and the amazing landscapes you get in the background of snowboarding photos. For me, photos capture the spirit of a theme and evoke emotion for once-in-a-lifetime moments."

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