Western Region FIS Faces

Created 16-May-21

182 photos

This gallery is one of several that will hold a selection of faces of racers on course, doing race things, and reacting (or not) to the course and events.

This particular gallery contains selected faces of racers in the Western Region FIS series. Not everyone is depicted, for various reasons, largely depending on image quality, but also on visible racer intensity and emotion. Some racers are very stoic and impassive on course, revealing little. And others show more intensity and concentration.

The selections are also arbitrary in the sense I rushed through all the race galleries for the 2020-21 season and tried to pick the most expressive faces. That eliminated many faces hidden beneath masks. Since my purpose was showing faces, I decided it wouldn't be interesting to show faces that couldn't be seen. Next season, when no one is masked, we can perhaps repeat the exercise, and there can be a broader selection. So, if you were masked, please be patient.

Most images of these are highly cropped, so large image displays will lose quality. Just in case anyone is tempted, I've restricted purchase options to relatively small prints and files. These would be okay 5x7s or 6x9s, and a very few could be larger, but not many. If you really, really want a larger face, email me and I can check to see what is possible.

I decided to create these "Face" galleries because I have been posting discussions on my blog site recently about racing and racing photography. And I realized blogging about racer faces could not adequately present enough images. That's when I began reviewing many of the 112,000 race photos I took during this season.

As always, the main purpose is entertainment, not commerce. If you want to purchase, thank you, in advance (I donate all sales proceeds to the Alyeska Ski Club junior program). But if you just want to look, that's fine, too. Thanks for visiting.