"In ""Learning To Fly, Venice Beach,"" Glen Wilbert photographs a skateboarder caught at the top of a jump above the curved concrete bowls of the Venice Beach Skatepark, with palm trees, onlookers, and the flat coastline stretching behind.
The image is rendered in black and white, with the smooth gray sweeps of the skate bowls filling the foreground and the lone airborne skater silhouetted against the bright sky at the upper left. Glen shot low and wide so the curved walls of the park curl across the frame and the long shadows of the palms fall in dark diagonal strokes over the concrete. The skater, frozen with arms out and board underfoot, is the decisive moment the picture is built around.
The Venice Beach Skatepark, on the oceanfront in Los Angeles, is one of the most famous public skate spots in the world. Glen frames it as a study of curved form and arrested motion rather than an action shot.
In black and white, the composition is built on curve and contrast: the sweeping concrete and dark shadows against a single figure in the air.
Awards and Recognition
Glen Wilbert's work has earned national recognition, including First Place at the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards, multiple Gold Medals at the reFocus Awards, and selection for more than thirty juried exhibitions across the United States.
Details
• Framed canvas print, pine wood frame with a floating-frame effect
• Frame thickness: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
• Canvas weight: approximately 344 g/m2
• White frame with a white inner border around the canvas
• Open back, rubber corner pads, hanging hardware attached
• Printed and framed in the USA"
"In ""Learning To Fly, Venice Beach,"" Glen Wilbert photographs a skateboarder caught at the top of a jump above the curved concrete bowls of the Venice Beach Skatepark, with palm trees, onlookers, and the flat coastline stretching behind.
The image is rendered in black and white, with the smooth gray sweeps of the skate bowls filling the foreground and the lone airborne skater silhouetted against the bright sky at the upper left. Glen shot low and wide so the curved walls of the park curl across the frame and the long shadows of the palms fall in dark diagonal strokes over the concrete. The skater, frozen with arms out and board underfoot, is the decisive moment the picture is built around.
The Venice Beach Skatepark, on the oceanfront in Los Angeles, is one of the most famous public skate spots in the world. Glen frames it as a study of curved form and arrested motion rather than an action shot.
In black and white, the composition is built on curve and contrast: the sweeping concrete and dark shadows against a single figure in the air.
Awards and Recognition
Glen Wilbert's work has earned national recognition, including First Place at the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards, multiple Gold Medals at the reFocus Awards, and selection for more than thirty juried exhibitions across the United States.
Details
• Framed canvas print, pine wood frame with a floating-frame effect
• Frame thickness: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
• Canvas weight: approximately 344 g/m2
• White frame with a white inner border around the canvas
• Open back, rubber corner pads, hanging hardware attached
• Printed and framed in the USA"
