11 JED WEINGARTEN


BOZEMAN, MONTANA / PORTLAND, OREGON age: 36


Many of Weingarten’s most strik- ing images from the past 20 years reveal a deep interest in China and the Himalaya, no doubt provoked by paddling Nepal’s Kali Gandki at age


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13 with his father. KNOWN FOR: Images that convey the emotion of whitewater paddling, “I’m inspired by Galen Rowell’s work, the way he brought a climb-


9 9 JENS KLATT


AUGSBURG, GERMANY age: 30


Growing up in Berlin, Klatt began shooting as a way to show paddling to his friends, “Nobody had a clue


what whitewater meant.” KNOWN FOR: Quirky lifestyle images and paddler portraits, sophisticated Euro backdrops. “I love to make places look surreal by using flash or other weird techniques. Big-water- falls-from-the-bottom-shots are


easier to sell, but f***ing boring.” ICONIC SHOT: For this unique capture of a boof on Norway’s Brandsethel- va, Klatt used a long exposure and flash, “The result is a sharp paddler with blurred background—I like


that kind of stuff.” FAVORITE RIVER: “Doesn’t matter, as long as my friends are with me.” www.jensklatt.com


10 TONI HARTING


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TORONTO, ONTARIO age: 84


Japanese concentration camps. He studied aerospace engineering in the Netherlands, researched hov- ercraft aerodynamics in the ‘60s, moved to Canada, took his first canoe trip in 1974 and promptly left engineering to become a freelance


Raised on the Indonesian island of Java, Harting left the then-Dutch East Indies in 1947 after surviving


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paddling photographer. KNOWN FOR: Groundbreaking, high- action canoeing stills; iconic wilder- ness canoeing images that grace private art collections and a Canada


Post stamp; penning Shooting Pad- dlers, the first book focused entirely


on paddling photography. ICONIC IMAGE: Shooting for his book French River, Harting was “mesmer- ized by this solo paddler effortlessly playing with his heavy, 25-foot-long North Canoe” on the French’s Blue


Chute. FAVORITE RIVER: French, Ontario www.aharting.blogspot.com


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er’s perspective to climbing.” ICONIC SHOT: The late, great Daniel Delavergne descending a monochromatic canyon on B.C.’s Homathko River isn’t the National Geographic and Outside alum’s most published image, but it is the one Weingarten is most proud of because “it’s not a waterfall, it’s a rapid, which to me is just so much


cooler.” FAVORITE RIVER: Little White Salmon, Washington www.jedweingarten.com


12 SKIP BROWN


CABIN JOHN, MARYLAND age: 54


A freelance photographer since studying the art in college, Brown shoots “as many adventure assign- ments as I can get,” dodging whirl-


pools and bandits with equal skill. KNOWN FOR:National Geographic- caliber (literally, he was chosen to shoot the recent NG-sponsored Congo expedition) images of


people, rivers and landscapes. ICONIC SHOT: Brown’s capture of buddy Gil Rocha on the last drop of the Potomac’s Great Falls was shot “from a spot anyone could have gotten to.” The image has been used by Patagonia, run in several magazines and was printed most recently in a new book from Condé


Nast Traveler. FAVORITE RIVERS: Potomac at Great Falls, Maryland/Virginia; Futaleufu, Chile www.skipbrownphotography.com


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