Mickey Ross

Mickey moved to Wānaka in 1996 to finish high school and to be close to the mountains. Chasing winters and racing gates for years led him to a university scholarship in Lake Tahoe, where he studied digital art. A couple of winters in Revelstoke, Canada gave Mickey a taste of backcountry skiing, and he developed a love for documenting adventure and the life around it with a camera. In between photographing winter adventures, weddings and commercial projects, Mickey likes to slow down and capture the places and situations surrounding him using older film cameras.
  • Point of Return

    Point of Return

    Same place, different time. On the way up the West Coast to ride the Old Ghost Road in April 2019, I spotted this WOF sign in Waimangaroa, just north of Westport. We were running late, so as hard as it was for me to pass by an intriguing example of kiwiana, all I could do…

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