The Pool Collective’s latest addition, adventure photographer and director Krystle Wright, doesn’t mind suffering for her art.

“Yes, there is risk to what I do. I’ve been frightened, elated, angry, exhausted, upset, euphoric. I have suffered bone-bruising, fractures, numerous stitches, tendon damage, even the odd smashed in front teeth. But why? Because it makes me feel alive,” she wrote in her blog for Canon.

“I was given a brief by Canon to see what I could do with the 1DX MII. After the camera’s launch, Canon was craving content that could show off the camera and demonstrate what was possible. I pitched them a photo shoot involving hanging speedlights from a drone whilst photographing kayakers run over 30 – 60ft waterfalls in Washington State, USA. The shoot was a 3 day epic adventure,” she said of that project.

Canon Australia and USA were incredibly impressed with the results of the shoot and the viral syndication that collected over 250k views online across various streams.

Wright’s eternal quest is to capture and present unique moments from extreme sports, expeditions and adventures across the globe.

This has resulted in work for National Geographic, Outside, Outdoor Research, Big Agnes, Patagonia, Red Bull, GQ and Canon. She has also featured projects at Banff Mountain Film Festival, Telluride Mountainfilm Festival and 5 Point Film Festival.

“I love the relationships I’ve established with the brands, as so often it’s not just a business relationship but an incredible collaboration,” she commented.

Wright likes to be on the move, travelling to different countries for her work, like Antarctica, Pakistan, Baffin Island, Mongolia, Mediterranean and Morocco.

She also likes to push herself to extremes, “sometimes beyond what might even be considered sane,” she adds.

“My biggest fear in life is regret. Photography creates my purpose to seek out adventures around the world. It gives me the ultimate tool in how to engage with the world around me and ultimately communicate these experiences visually.”

For Wright, “the world has no boundaries and she will do whatever it takes to shoot from her unique perspective – whether hanging from precarious positions on remote cliff edges, swimming through jagged, unexplored canyons, or trudging for days through vicious, baleful weather,” she wrote of her M.O.