Red Bull Illume connects action sports photographers to the world of art and photography where they rightfully belong. We are therefore proud to announce its next USA tour stop at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in Colorado in June, 2011.
The DCPA is the second largest performing arts center in the world, filling out four blocks and 49,000m2. Home to a Tony Award winning theatre company, Broadway productions and other critically acclaimed productions and exhibitions, the center will be illuminated by something new - the world's best action and adventure sports photography.
Taking place between June 3-12 every night at 8:30pm and 11pm, the top 50 images will be presented in the courtyard under the Art Complex's magnificent 80ft glass roof. The images are presented on large back-lit screens which makes these spectacular scenes and courageous athletes look larger than life.
Red Bull Illume judge Calvin Bradley believes that the images will stand their own in such a creative location.
"I was blown away by the quality of photos in this competition. It’s always surprising to see how different a lot of these top photographers’ eyes are to other photographers. It’s great that Red Bull Illume is run to showcase guys like this, they’re the secret heroes – no one really knows what they look like and they’ve made so many people famous."
"I’ve always been a fan of action sports, I love skating and watching snowboard videos and to see some of these snowboard shots were amazing. The shots of the cliff diving just blew me away, I hadn’t seen that sort of thing before, it’s just art."
See www.artscomplex.com for more details about the exhibition.
DENVER, USA JUNE 3-12
Tour to be exhibited in Denver, Colorado