Red Bull: Rogosin had no previous experience in action photography
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the Red Bull Rampage “In
Focus” competition.
The Red Bull Rampage is an an
nual mountain bike freeride compe
tition held in Virgin, Utah. The In
Focus part of the event gives five
college students the opportunity to
work with professional photogra
phers and photograph some of the
best mountain bikers in the world.
Just getting to Utah was an ac
complishment. Aspiring college
photojournalists from around the
country submitted samples of their
work hoping to be selected to the
Rampage. Rogosin’s ticket to the
event was a picture of a naked
woman at Burning Man, an annual
celebration in the Nevada desert.
“The head Red Bull photographer
chose (the picture),” Rogosin said.
“He said once he saw my picture he
knew I was in.”
Rogosin said the photo got him
airfare to Utah, a rental car, a hotel
room, food and booze. It also gave
him full media credentials and a
chance to compete with profession
al photographers for the best shots.
“I had never done action photogra
phy, but I was not going to lose,” Ro
gosin said. “I followed the Red Bull
photographers around. I knew they
would be helpful. I had an advantage
because I could get the best spots on
the mountain and get to where other
photographers couldn’t.”
Rogosin’s strategy paid off. He
submitted six photographs for the
six different categories and was the
overall winner of the competition,
as well as winner of the lifestyle cat
egory. His lifestyle photograph
shows a biker wearing mirrored
goggles with the bike reflecting off
the lenses.
“I was just observing and I saw
it,” Rogosin said. “I got really excit
ed. I knew it when I saw it, and I
,& v.V-i
knew I got it. It was a shot you get
giddy about right away. ”
His other shots were worth getting
giddy over as well. Scott Hart, editor
of Decline Magazine, said Rogosin
stood out as the winner because of
his broad scope as a photojournalist.
“With a lot of photographers, you
can see their style in their pictures;
they shoot a lot of the same style,”
Hart said. “He worked a lot of dif
ferent angles and wasn’t lacking in
any department.”
One of Hart’s favorite shots is a
photo by Rogosin that shows a man
dressed as Captain America stand
ing on the edge of a cliff pointing
down below.
"Even though the guy is just stand
ing there, he is standing on the edge
of a cliff pointing out,” Hart said. “It
puts action into the shot even though
the subject is standing still.”
Seeing his work published in De
cline Magazine was breathtaking
for Rogosin.
“I was super stoked,” Rogosin
said. “It’s awesome to read about
me and what other photographers
thought and to see my pictures. I
got a giant grin/smirk when I
saw it.”
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