In 1996 Didrik Johnck quit his day job, withdrew every penny he owned from the bank, and picked up a one-way ticket to Central America. He traveled light, with a backpack, a camera, and a 2 pound ziplock bag overflowing with Fuji Velvia (that’s slide film, yo). 10 months and 20 countries later, Didrik returned home, used the last thousand bucks to develop the film and began shopping those images around to magazines. Johnck Media was born.
Since then Johnck Media has evolved into a full service media production company with a wide variety of clients and projects under our belt. The key players are:
Photographer/Producer/Director, Didrik Johnck, has been creating award winning content since 1996. From his roots as an editorial and commercial photographer, Didrik’s talents pulled him into the world of moving pictures where he’s shot, produced, and/or directed over 175 webisodes for some of the largest sites on the internet including YAHOO!, MSN, and MSNBC.
Didrik’s dedication and easy going style took him to the summit of Mount Everest as the Expedition Photographer documenting blind climber Erik Weihenmayer’s historic ascent. Time and Life magazine’s snatched up photos from his shoot. Time published Didrik’s imagery on their cover while Life used them for their prestigious “Year in Pictures” collection.
While mountain climbing has always been a passion for Didrik and has led to countless shoots in some of the most remote and wild mountain ranges on the planet, he also has spent his share of time in the trenches of civilized society looking for the untold stories of human drama that surround us every day.
Whether behind the lens or not, Didrik is equally at home in the windy streets of San Francisco, the muggy jungles of Burma, or the icy peaks of the Himalayas . He has shot on location in most major cities and mountain ranges in the USA, the Himalayas, Australia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Indonesia, Israel, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, and Venezuela.
When not reminiscing about the dot-com days of Friday rooftop parties at the Industry Standard’s San Francisco offices, Cynthia heads our Creative Services and runs the day to day operations at Johnck Media, including handling many of the stock image and footage requests we receive. We love her gentle ability to crack a whip and keep things on schedule. Check out her portfolio at www.johnck.com/cynthia.
2010 Reel
It’s a bit of a work in progress. I rushed this out the door today (March 9) for a specific purpose, but I’m working on it over the next few weeks (swapping in source material) and should have the final version by April 1.
Over Christmas this year, a few friends and I soaked up some great skiing and boarding on Mt. Ipsoot in Canada. Whister Heli-Skiing provided the access. This is just a fun little video I quickly whipped together.
Most of the footage is from my favorite point n’ shoot on the planet; my orange, waterproof & bombproof, [...]