ABOUT
Claudio Casanova
info@claudiocasanova.com
On April 12th in 1985 I was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The pre-alpine area around the famous monastery village is known as a winter sports paradise nationwide. The first ski tows are practically in front of my doorstep and therefore it was easy to have already gotten inspired by snow sports as a teenager. I apprehended the basis for my snowboard skills from skiing when I was a child. However, snowboarding became the true passion during my youth.
I found my second passion through my job as a carpenter. I documented my finished work photographically and thereby discovered my joy and my talent for photography.
Both passions can be linked perfectly and since I was able to get a few good shots in my early days, I became more and more enthusiastic for the creative art form.
Even though my free time next to my full commitment as a carpenter is scarce, I use every free minute to be in the mountains with my snowboard and photo equipment to work on different projects.
In 2009, I won 3rd place of a Swiss Youth Photography Award and was then able to reap laurels for a photo for the first time. At the same time I presented two photos in the context of a local youth development project called “Young Art in Einsiedeln”.
I was a finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards 2010 and my snowboard photo was chosen among the best ten photos in the category “Sport Amateur”. These awards, along with the versatile positive feedback, motivated me even more to invest additional time and money into photography.
In 2013 I exhibited a photo at Red Bull Illume as a finalist. After the event was over in Hong Kong, the photo toured around the world for two years.
In 2014 the greatest honor that can be imagined as a snowboard photographer followed: my photo graced the cover of Transworld magazine “Photo Annual 2014″.
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AWARDS
2019 – SEMIFINALIST, RED BULL ILLUME, PLAN DE CORONES, ITALY
2016 – FINALIST, RED BULL ILLUME, CHICAGO, USA
2015 – TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING, 10 BEST PHOTO OF THE YEAR, USA
2015 – FINALIST, MARIA LUISA MEMORIAL, SPAIN
2013 – FINALIST, RED BULL ILLUME, HONG KONG, CHINA
2013 – TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING, 10 BEST PHOTO OF THE YEAR, USA
2010 – FINALIST, SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, CANNES, FRANCE
– TOP 10. CATEGORY “SPORT AMATEUR”
– TOP 50. CATEGORY “NATUR AMATEUR”
2009 – 3. PLACE YOUTH PHOTO PRICE, SWITERLAND
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 – 30 JAHRE VEREIN KUNST SCHWYZ, ECHO, GALERIE MEIER, GOLDAU, SWITZERLAND
2021 – FOTOSZ21, ROTHENTHURM, SWITZERLAND
2019-22 – LUMEN MUSEUM, PLAN DE CORONES 2275m , ITALY
2018-19 – EINSIEDELN UND SEINE FOTOGRAF(I)EN, SWITZERLAND
2016-18 – RED BULL ILLUME EXHIBITION-TOUR, WORLDWIDE
2015 – ART ON SNOW, GASTEIN, AUSTRIA,
2013-15 – RED BULL ILLUME EXHIBITION-TOUR, WORLDWIDE
2010 – SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION-TOUR, WORLDWIDE
2009 – JUNGE KUNST, EINSIEDELN, SWITZERLAND
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BOOKS
2024 – BATALEON, THE 20Y ANNIVERSARY BOOK
2019 – RED BULL ILLUME
2019 – 20 TRACKS OF THE GREATEST RIDERS, BACKSIDE SNOWBOARD MAGAZINE, JAPAN
2016 – RED BULL ILLUME
2014 – SNOWBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY – YEARBOOK “by Jérôme Tanon”
2013 – RED BULL ILLUME
2010 – SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAHPY AWARDS
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COVERS
2020 – SEQUENCE, ITALY
2020 – 360° MAGAZINE, BULGARIA
2019 – BACKSIDE SNOWBOARD MAGAZINE, JAPAN
2019 – THE REASON, ENGLAND
2016 – THE REASON, ENGLAND
2015 – WHITEOUT, SWITZERLAND
2015 – THE REASON, ENGLAND
2014 – ACT SNOWBOARDING, FRANCE
2013 – TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING, “PHOTO ANNUAL”, USA
2011 – SNOWBOARDER MBM, GERMANY
2010 – TLF SCREENSHOT, ISSUE 2. “ONLINE”