Cover Story: Heart of Darkness

by The Editors November 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

In our 20th Anniversary Issue, we speak with editors, art directors, photo editors and contributing photographers past and present about their favorite covers from our first 100 issues. Here’s an excerpt from the conversations with contributing photographer Steve Lloyd.

“The February 2010 issue of Backcountry Magazine is my all time favorite. Biased maybe, but it was such an epic day of shooting. We had hiked up to the Heart of Darkness couloir expecting to be in the shade the whole day. We were a little behind on time, but that worked out for us because the couloir is only 12-feet wide and only gets a sliver of light in it each day. We lucked out with light. But not only that, the colors of the rock, sky and his outfit just made the image pop. Nobody told me, so the first time I saw this as a cover was at my mailbox. I was pretty blown away. There have been many awesome covers over the span of the magazine, but this one will always be number one in my book.” —Steve Lloyd, contributing photographer of two Backcountry covers

February 2010 Skier: Jeff Campbell Location: Heart of Darkness Couloir, Utah Photo: Steve Lloyd

February 2010
Skier: Jeff Campbell
Location: Heart of Darkness Couloir, Utah
Photo: Steve Lloyd

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