Mountain Perspectives: Ski Bum To Living Legend

By Tom Attwater Featuring Lee Cohen

What makes mountain culture—or, more accurately, who? Mountain Perspectives is our short film series honoring a few of the individuals who champion the mountain culture we live for. In this episode, follow along in a day in the life of Utah Photographer Lee Cohen. Stay tuned as new episodes drop all season long.

“It is unbelievable freedom when you’re engulfed in powder, weightless—you are lost in the moment and found at the same time.” Legendary ski photographer Lee Cohen came to Utah in 1981 to live the ski bum life. Forty years later, he’s one of the most highly acclaimed photographers in the industry—quite literally due to his talent for seeing the world differently.