The Red Bull Illume Image Quest
In November 2023, adventurers, photographers, and athletes gathered in the high mountains of Sölden, Austria, where the winners of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2023 were announced.
Over three days, the world-famous ski resort unveiled the best adventure and action sports images, including the overall winner Krystle Wright. Having made category finalist in 2013, as well as the top 25 in 2013 and 2019, it was her incredible shot of a climber illuminated in a crack in Utah, United States that won her the Innovation category by MPB – and overall winner.
The judging panel, consisting of 52 international photo editors and industry experts, anonymously selected Wright’s shot of climber Angela VanWiemeersch deep within the rocks of Long Canyon. Alongside other photos from the same climb, this image was published in Sidetracked Volume 25 in Krystle Wright’s feature ‘The Crack: Being Bored is a Good Thing’. This is the first time in the competition’s 17-year history that a female photographer has taken the grand prize at Red Bull Illume, the world’s largest adventure and action sports imagery contest.
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Photo by Krystle Wright