Ryan Hrbek
Composition: arrangement into specific proportion or relation and especially into artistic form. This concept is the single most important aspect that I believe goes into any one of my art pieces. My concentration for the past year and a half has been action sports photography, more specifically snowboarding. I feel that what makes this sport so unique and inspiring is the environment in which it occurs. Therefore, I use the background features as one of the most important elements of the image.
Participating in and being inspired by this sport gives me a unique way of looking at things I have been around my entire life. For example, a stair set with a single handrail to the average urban inhabitant is nothing more than a means of travel from elevation to elevation. To me, it is a canvas waiting to be captured through my lens. The handrail is a place where snowboarders can lay down maneuvers for bystanders to view in awe. A sloped bank is nothing more than a unique piece of architecture, but to me it is a place where ptex and base resin meet concrete and where new tricks and abilities are discovered. This is where I gain inspiration for my photography.