Snow Shooter: Mattias Fredriksson
By Amos Horn
Mattias Fredriksson is a real Renaissance man. He’s worked as an editor, had his own magazine and is now a professional photographer with almost 400 cover images to his name. This September, Fredriksson will add another shot to his already impressive portfolio: the cover of Backcountry’s 2015 Gear Guide. Fredriksson took the cover shot that we’ll release next week on the last run after a day of skiing in the Kootenay Mountains, B.C. “One night we got 20 centimeters that made the skiing epic,” Fredriksson says. “This particular shot of Chad Sayers was taken before the mandatory—and camera free—home run down to the lodge.”
Fredriksson, who now lives in Åre, Sweden, caught up with us to chat about cover shots, the international language of photography and superpowers.
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