TPM Episode 278: Marko Shapiro, Legendary Photographer
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
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
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.5 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week, for the first time in a long time, I have no long intro. I mean, I say that, but I'm sure this Mike Powell and this week for the first time in a long time I have no long intro. |
| 0:22.6 | I mean I say that but I'm sure this will go longer than planned, but I don't think I have much to say. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm at a point where it's shoulder season. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm still rehabbing my thumb and I'm riding my indoor bike and I'm generally confused with our country again. |
| 0:35.6 | While I hate getting political, |
| 0:41.1 | I don't understand how the fuck we can be going back on Roe versus Wade. |
| 0:44.7 | It almost makes me think back to when my wife asked me to get a vasectomy. |
| 0:46.4 | I looked at her like she was crazy. |
| 0:47.9 | While I listened to her opinion, |
| 0:48.7 | I was like, |
| 0:51.6 | there's no way anyone can tell me what to do with my body. |
| 0:53.4 | I firmly believe that. |
| 0:55.4 | I believe the same thing about abortion. |
| 1:00.2 | And you know what? I'm not going to tell you what to believe, but my stance here is that we're fucking morons if we're going to go backwards on Roe v. Wade, and it's a shame for every woman on the |
| 1:05.2 | planet. And I believe that most anti-abortion people would change their mind if one of their loved ones was raped |
| 1:10.8 | and impregnated. But that's an awful thing to even think about, so I'm not going to talk about |
| 1:14.6 | that anymore. One thing I also don't understand is what a lot of the anti-abortion people do. |
| 1:20.4 | It's crazy to me that they spend so much time outside of clinics persuading people against |
| 1:24.7 | getting abortions. They spend a lot of time online trying to persuade people against getting abortions, they spend a lot of time online, trying to persuade |
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