TPM Episode 278: Marko Shapiro, Legendary Photographer

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Marko Shapiro is one of the most legendary action sports photographers of our time. Marko was the captain of Team Clambin, and for 50 years, Marko has called Verbier home and has shot all of the ski legends there. On the podcast, we talk about how he created a timeless style of photography through skiing powder and reading light, shooting with Dick Barrymore, Wayne Wong, Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, John Faulkner, Ace Kvale, and more. It’s a true history lesson with a guy who really owns his nickname “Grumpy”

Marko Shapiro Show Notes:

3:30: The story behind the most iconic shot, the world he lives in, growing up in Canada, and his first camera

10:00: Getting into skiing, what does he do after school, going to Verbier, learning the art of photography, and deciding to stay in Verbier

20:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast

Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

22:00: Hot Doggers, Dick Barrymore, Stanley Larsen, and Marko getting his intro to K2 with Assignment K2

33:00: Selling images, crashing while shooting, his skill level, Ace Kvale moves to town and the screamer

40:00: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30: The trouble with hooking up with models, his work ethic and being a stickler, and the craziest story ever told on the podcast

46:00: Quitting all his side jobs and focusing on being a pro photographer, Hattrup, Plake and Schmidt

54:00: Slide show parties, money, sharing the wealth, what he thinks of print these days, and having no filter

72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Stanley Larsen