Grand Canyon

CONTEXT

Kyle LaFerriere took on a personal project documenting a full Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim run across the Grand Canyon, 48 miles in a single day with over 11,000 feet of elevation gain. Carrying only a Leica Q3, he balanced endurance and focus, running from sunrise to sunset alongside a close friend. He blended his commercial photography skills with his love for ultra running to give you an inside look of how beautiful The Grand Canyon is.

APPROACH

The goal was simple: move fast, travel light, and capture the experience as it unfolded. Every image came from the middle of the effort, dust, sweat, and canyon light shifting hour by hour. The Leica never left his side, even on the steep climbs or during the long stretches of silence between words.

RESULTS

The resulting series isn’t about perfection, it was about presence. The photographs carry the grit of the trail and the exhaustion of a 16-hour push through one of the most brutal and beautiful places on earth. It’s the work of someone who doesn’t separate the act of running from the act of seeing, an athlete who happens to bring a camera.