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Bio

My name is Chris Gurney, I was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. I am available for work worldwide. I specialise in sport, documentary, portrait, and lifestyle imagery for editorial, commercial, and advertising clients. Many thanks for checking out my work and helping me to continue doing what I do.

Education

Curtin University - Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication (Journalism & Photography) 

Select Clients

Adobe, Corona, Hurley, Monster Children, Nike, Nixon, Pan Macmillan, Red Bull, Victory Journal

Instagram feed @chrisgurney_

| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There was hardly any wind this afternoon but it looks gale force in this sequence because the helicopter rotor blades were creating a breeze of their own. A few times we got close enough to the surface that it felt like the waves could almost reach up and touch us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When the elements align. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Turn phone to view... ⤵️ Surface tension as the second wave of the set prepares to impact the reef. It’s funny looking back at shoots with a fresh set of eyes, this wasn’t even one of my selects from this day originally, but it’s now probably my favourite from the entire trip. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The first set we saw during our first pass over the reef in the afternoon. Seeing the ocean, wind and light combine as we’d hoped was a sight for sore eyes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On the way back to the reef, we flew close to a few of the islands. Some of them support large populations of birds, reptiles and mammals, some are barren and some are breathtakingly unique in their shape. The island on the last slide, for example, looked like a giant mouth waiting to consume whatever stumbled into its path. I would have loved to just fly around the islands and nothing else, but we had waves to photograph 🌊 👉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Exploring the archipelago after returning from the morning session. With visibility for many kilometres, we could see explosions of whitewater extending to the horizon, hinting at dozens of undiscovered waves. Even with the benefit of a helicopter and a world class pilot, the distance you'd have to cover to properly search them out would have ran our fuel dry. We opted to instead head back to the same reef we photographed to see what the clean ocean conditions and afternoon light were creating. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @bradleynorris is one of the first guys I really worked on big wave photography with and I've seen him in many situations I thought would be his last, including this one. With time and fuel ticking down, we had to make a call on whether or not to surf. As he usually does, Brad decided to surf. This is the aftermath of his first and last wave of the day. After towing into a huge closeout, slamming into the reef and popping up hardly moving, I thought we were going to have to fly him to hospital. Luckily there were no broken bones, but the surfing part of this trip was over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Various crazy things about this moment… 1 - our pilot Dave from @specialist_helicopters flying almost at sea level to get this positioning. 2 - the ocean expending enough energy to light a small city. 3 - @chris.whitey going crazy in the foreground. 4 - @bradleynorris being crazy enough to jump behind the rope and tow into a few of these a few minutes later. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An immense piece of ocean looking more like a well known deep water slab further west. No such safety barrier covering the reef here. Check out the last frame for scale. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The helicopter gives you a good view of all the cracks and bends in the reef. With the swell period running at almost 19 seconds and the wind almost non existent, there were some interesting shapes being thrown up ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. More to come. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The best part of these trips (especially if and when the waves don't show up) is often just hanging out and travelling with your friends. These guys put in a lot of hours on this one, big ups ✌️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ••• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. More to come. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape
| FROM THE SKY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ First pass over the reef not long after first light, watching the ocean swallow itself whole...🤢 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With over 20,000km of coastline, @westernaustralia remains an untapped resource for undiscovered and unridden waves, many of them located miles offshore or hidden deep within national parks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the aid of @specialist_helicopters and a perfectly groomed groundswell, I photographed one such offshore reef as the sun rose and set on the first day of winter. These seascapes illustrate the power and beauty of the West Australian coastline in it’s most rugged form. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #westernaustralia #waves #seascape