Inspired by his father, Fred
Kamphues (www.fredkamphues.com) took his first
photographs at the age of five. Ever since he has been intrigued by
the the story a powerful image can tell. With a strong appetite for
travel and adventure, many of Kamphues projects have epic
proportions. His shoots range from the heights of the Andes to the
depths of marine life throughout the world, from weeks of
desolation in the Outback to close encounters with rumbling
vulcano's.
For ESPN's coverage of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup, Fred travelled 13 European countries in 20 days,
shooting landmark sites in each country. It took 15,384 images and
263 GB of data to compile 286 astonishing ultra high resolution
panorama's of the Louvre, the Colosseum, the London Eye and many
other exciting places.
The 2010 eruption of the Icelandic
volcano Eyjafjallajökull kept planes across the world grounded.
Fred was on scene to shoot large lava fountains, steam explosions
and ash clouds up close and personal.
Fred relies on SanDisk Extreme®
memory cards to capture images under extreme conditions each and
every time. With a background in spacecraft engineering, Fred knows
what extreme environments can do to high-tech equipment. Robustness
of his gear is of paramount importance.