sport photography Feb 2014

Adam began his career in Australia as a news photographer at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1997 and his desire to specialise in sport photography saw him move to Getty Images in 1998. Adam has been based in Los Angeles, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo and Munich where he continues to work today. Adam has photographed seven Olympic Games, and covered assignments for magazines including Time Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Stern, Sports Illustrated, and Life Magazine.

Adam's preeminence in the field of sport action photography has been recognised
widely throughout the photographic world. He has been awarded a number of major international awards, and in 2010 was part of the World Press Photo competition jury in Amsterdam.

In more recent years Adam has combined his expertise with live action sports with
advertising photography and has worked extensively with clients including Adidas, Nike, BMW, Audi and Coke.

Andreas Fessler is a German born photographer. Before discovering his talent in digital imaging, Andreas was a goalkeeper for some of the most successful youth football squads in Germany, including FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich for almost 15 years. During this time he was teammates with many current professional players and German internationals.

After several years of assisting leading fashion photographers and traveling the world, Andreas decided to set off in his own direction. His work is an integration of portraiture, a fashion-based aesthetic and the clean perception of a former professional athlete.

Despite it still being early in his career, his raw style and unique sensitivity for his subjects has already earned him features in renowned European publications such as DIE ZEIT, GQ, Monocle Magazine and Vogue.

Cameron Baird is one of action sports' most accomplished and diverse creators. Coming from a unique photography beginning in the world of motocross, Cameron now focuses on a mission of taking action sports to a commercial level. Well known for his forward thinking style that successfully merges classic dramatic portraiture with in your face action, he tells the complete story of his subjects on and off their given battlegrounds.

Both his still and film cameras focus on the who’s-who of modern-day youth culture, creating a signature stamp all its own and that is chosen for advertising campaigns worldwide by the most progressive brands.

Cameron is based out of San Francisco, California and represented by New York City based RXR Sports.

Dustin Snipes is a Los Angeles, Calif.-based photographer and part-time Red Bull drinker. When he is not taking photos (or drinking Red Bull) he spends his time surfing or watching reruns of 'Arrested Development'.

Dustin works frequently with major national and international publications and brands including Coca-Cola, Nike, Reebok, Gatorade, Red Bull, KFC, ESPN The Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, 361o International, Muscle and Fitness, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Playboy, Maxim, and numerous others.

Awards include 2013 Sportsshooter Photographer of the Year; 2011 Sportsshooter Photographer of the Year, 2011 American Photo Images of the Year - Best Portrait; 2009 American Photography Annual - AP24; 2009 Sportsshooter Photographer of the Year; 2008 Photo District News - PDN30; 2007 Sportsshooter Photographer of the Year; 2006 Sportsshooter Photographer of the Year.

Dustin is represented by New York City based RXR Sports.

Fredrik Clement spent much of 2013 making his book ''Sugar water recovery'' following pro cycling team Saxo Tinkoff from Corsica to Japan. Read more about the book here.

Fredrik also shot the relaunch of Fitness First in London and S/S Adidas in Sheffield. He has just returned from a shoot in South Africa for the major German sports retailer Engelhorn.

Fredrik is represented in the UK by AgencyD.

Guy Farrow lives in the UK and shoots beautiful images around the world. He has a wealth of experience in the advertising, sports and editorial industries.

Recently he was again listed in Luerzer's 'Best 200 Ad Photographers 2014' and has won awards from D&AD, The Association of Photographers and The Roses Awards.

Recent clients include Adidas, Nike, Coca-Cola, Puma and Nespresso.

London-based photographer Ian Derry is an experienced sport and lifestyle photographer. Known for his beautiful lighting and collaborative style of working, Ian is able to get the best from his subjects whatever the brief. Whether it's underwater or capturing split second movement he has a huge passion for sport.

Working across editorial and advertising clients via an early career as a news photographer, there isn’t a job, situation or client that fazes him. Ian remains deeply passionate about photography and regularly works on personal projects including just shooting the world's deepest free diver in Nice, France.

Recent global clients include Speedo, Chivas Regal, Johnnie Walker and BAFTA.

Jeff Curtes is an action sports lifestyle photographer focusing on bringing core sport knowledge, expertise and sensitivity to a mass broad commercial level through compelling and authentic still images.

For an unprecedented 20 years, Jeff’s snowboarding photos have defined not only a sport, but a subculture. From its infancy to the rebellious youth culture and the titan of industry that it has become, snowboarding wouldn’t be seen the same without his lens. Including images that have been published commercially and editorially worldwide, Jeff’s work across action, lifestyle, and portraiture has always had that iconic element that easily distinguishes itself from the rest.

Today, Jeff’s sport-centric multifaceted skillset is transcending the snowy backcountry to client and personal work at home on quiet back-roads, youth filled sports fields, and environmental locations and studios around the world.

Recent clients include Oakley, Nike, Coca-Cola and Burton Snowboards.

Jeff lives and works in Sydney, Australia and Portland, Oregon.  He is represented by New York City based RXR Sports.
 

Jensen Walker’s photography demonstrates a dedication to adventure and those who passionately seek it. With a background in journalism and a lust for the outdoors he creates intense character driven images interwoven with natural beauty, travel and exploration. His ability to think conceptually, offering visual solutions both in the field and studio are an asset to any project.

Jensen is involved in every production process step, from concept to casting through to digital post-production. He pursues experiences that push and continually evolve his vision. This edge can be hanging from a rope 1000m off the ground or a big production with 1000’s of watts of strobe magic, but it’s always an adventure.

Publications include NYTimes, London Times, Der Spiegel, Rock&Ice, Climbing, ESPN, Escalar, Climax, Smithsonian, TIME, Stern and others. Clients include Red Bull, Petzl, 5.10, Apple, Nike, Adidas Outdoor, CNN, Mountain Khakis, Bombay Sapphire, Dentsu, Spike-TV and others.

Few photographers will attempt Pakistan’s precipitous K7 or ski from the summit of Everest just to frame a shot. So when world renowned mountaineer, Ed Viesturs, pushes for the summit of his final 8000m peak, or when alpinist Conrad Anker plans to put up a new route in the Himalayas, they call the same photographer and film-maker: Jimmy Chin. Arguably one of the most sought after expedition photographers working today, Chin, a Minnesota native, is himself a professional climber, skier and ten year veteran of the North Face Athlete Team.

Jimmy’s passion for exploration, photography and film-making has taken him on break-through expeditions around the planet. Chin has worked with the best adventurers, climbers and skiers in the world on their most challenging expeditions, climbs and ski descents. Climbing, skiing and often enduring death defying situations next to some of the best athletes in the industry, Jimmy is best known for shouldering the camera equipment and documenting their epic stories.

Jimmy is represented by New York City based RXR Sports.

JJ Miller is a photographer/director with a Boston-based studio who specialises in shooting photography and video for commercial advertisers, athletes and celebrities.

JJ rarely sits still when he is not jet setting to a shoot, his brain rarely slows down and his creative gears are constantly in motion. He enjoys staying active on the slopes or on the sports fields and his athletic charisma shows through on set.

Clients include Puma, Evo Shield, Allstate, Macy's, Crossover Symmetry, Power Drive Performance, City Sports, Men's fitness and Muscle and Fitness, just to name a few.

Based in Sao Paulo, Jonne Roriz has been a professional photographer for more than 18 years. He specialises in sports, underwater productions and portraits. He has over 30 national and international awards to his credit, and his work has been published by major news organisations, corporate and advertising industry clients. What's more, Jonne combines the speed of journalism and advertising creativity at the service of good photography.

He has covered every major sporting event worldwide including the Athens Olympic Games 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, Germany World Cup 2006 and South África 2010, the Pan American Games in Dominican Republic 2003, Rio 2007 and Guadalajara 2011.

Kaare Iverson is an experienced outdoor lifestyle and sports photographer with a passion for illuminating the human-nature experience. His work spans the spectrum from disciplined studio still life and portraiture to the inventive balance of lighting a subject while suspended high up on a cliff face. An outdoor athlete himself, he maintains a fresh and active perspective on the subjects he shoots.

Whether photographing golf, such as for a recent campaign for Golfsmith, or backcountry rock climbing such as was recently featured on the cover of Climbing Magazine, Kaare’s style focuses on highlighting the emotional experience of the subject and scene to engage the audience.

Kaare is based in San Francisco, CA where mountains and sea collide.

Klaus Fengler is a specialist in outdoor and climbing photography. His images regularly appear in national and international publications.

For 10 years he has accompanied extreme climber Stefan Glowacz on expeditions to Mexico, Kenya, Patagonia, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Nepal and Baffin Iceland. Klaus was in Greenland in 2004 with professional Swiss climber Urs Odermatt, while in 2006 he crossed Patagonia on horseback accompanied by gauchos.

Klaus has been a freelance photographer since 2003. His areas of speciality include sports, outdoor, skiing, Nordic skiing, climbing, ice climbing, expeditions, travel, running, landscapes and reportage.

Clients include Sport Schuster Munich, Ortovox, Lowa, Stern, View, Geo, Geo Saison, Alpinist, Klettern, abenteuer & reisen, FIT for FUN, Bergsteiger, Alpin, Mountainbike, Roadbike and Outdoor.

Visit his recently relaunched website for more information.

Lars-Arne Scharl constantly looks for new challenges as a photographer. His origins lie in action sports photography, a field known for its versatility and beauty but also for its physical demands and often extreme shooting conditions.

Lars began his photographic career in 2006 and a year later won the 'Wettbewerb für Sportfotografie 2007', Germany's biggest competition for young sports photographers. He loves to spend his time in the wild, capturing action sports in natural environments when the light is best - even if that means spending hours in -20°C temperatures and then having about five minutes of great light to work with!

Recent photo trips have brought him to the Utah desert to cover the Red Bull Rampage for FREERIDE Magazine, around Europe on a 7000km summer road trip, and to the Arctic winter of northern Finland.

Recent clients include Red Bull, Kempa, iXS, DMR Bikes, Dartmoor Bikes and NS Bikes.

Since 2011, he has been a member of the f-stop Staff Pro team.

ManaMedia is a full-service production and creative planning agency with offices in the UK, EU and the US.

The company collaborates on top-tier photography, video, TVC and multimedia projects for the lifestyle, fashion and sports advertising industries.

Sports and fashion photographer Manfred Heiduk is based in Duesseldorf and travels constandly between Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Cape Town and London.

Manfred spent many years as an illustrator and creative director in digital media. With more than 20 years of experience in photography, he is specialised in shooting in extreme conditions. For Karstadt Sports he shot in the Italian Alps, Austrian Glaciers, Mojave Desert and Death Valley. He is continually booked for running, biking, ski and snowboard productions.

Manfred has also photographed various fashion shoots in Barcelona, San Francisco, Milan, Rio de Janeiro and New York.

Offering full service international photo and video productions, his clients include Adidas, Puma, Nike, Sportarena, FIFA, Sidestep, Runners Point, C&A, Kaufhof, Boecker, Deichmann and Metro Group.

Peter Mathis was born in 1961 and lives in Hohenems in Austria. His international work takes him a wide variety of places around the world. In 2007, he was awarded the title of Hasselblad Master and in 2008 the Master of European Photography from the Association of European Professional Photographers in Belgium.

Peter shoots impressive sports images that leave the viewer wanting more. He is skilled at capturing the moment in the right instant using a perfect combination of skill, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. Stories, emotions, and effect - Peter plays with this trilogy to great effect. "The image of a product is due to its brand identity and the principal scene - I experience it."

Clients include Marker Völkl, Descente, KTM, MSR, Helly Hansen, Willy Bogner, and many others.

Philip Haynes is a sports and portrait photographer based in London and represented by the Peter Bailey Company in the UK. Philip's work is as much about exploring the power and elegance of movement as it is about the saturation and intensity of the colours within his work. Philip retains full control over jobs from start to finish through his ability to shoot and retouch his own work, allowing his style and personality to be shown to its fullest.

Philip is constantly trying to evoke the passion and enthusiasm people have for sports. He has been shooting sports since his time at university, and this is where he feels he is different to his peers as his life revolves around his long-held passion for sports. He understands athletes and the world they live in.

Recently Philip has been shooting campaigns for O2, Guinness, West Coast Coolers and Nurofen.

Simon Derviller is an internationally acclaimed advertising photographer who specialises in sport. He has worked with many athletes and teams, such as the FA, Liverpool FC, England Rugby, British Olympic Association, UK Athletics, Leicester Tigers, Robinsons Wimbledon, The Dallaglio Foundation, Seat World Touring Cars and England Volleyball, to create emotive and effective advertising and sponsorship campaigns.

He was chosen during London 2012 to represent the UK in a Global Olympic Art Series, which brought together international Olympic stars with some of the world's best photographers. He appeared as the guest photographer on Britain's Next Top Model in an Olympic themed endurance episode, and has shot for many sporting brands such as Adidas, Canterbury, Champion US, Robinsons, Rubicon, Aqua Pura, Sloggi and ASICS.

He is represented in the USA, France and Portugal by Bureau de Victor. Simon is at present looking for representation in the UK.

Commercial photographer and director Tyler Stableford has earned a worldwide clientele for his work. Men's Journal named him "One of the Seven World's Greatest Adventure Photographers.” Tyler is one of Canon’s prestigious Explorers of Light, and his work has won dozens of global photo and film awards including the cover of the Communication Arts Photo Annual.

At the heart of his ethos, Tyler captures soulful images and stories. He thrives on collaboration, listens deeply, and brings a lightheartedness to his profound work ethic.

Clients include Adidas, AT&T, Disney, Ford, Isuzu, Patagonia, REI, Suzuki, The North Face, Toyota, Verizon, Sports Illustrated and many others.

Victor Fraile is a Spanish born, Hong Kong-based commercial photographer specialising in sports, action and adventure. He started his career shooting assignments around the globe for high-profile surfing magazines and went on to develop his expertise as an editorial photographer by working for Reuters, Getty Images and Corbis.

During this time he shot sports assignments including the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, a number of Formula 1 Grand Prix races, World Championships of Swimming and international Athletics, Soccer, Badminton and surfing events. He also covered many ATP and WTA tennis tournaments and several PGA & LPGA, Europen Tour and World Cups of Golf.

His images have been published in Sports Illustrated, Time, Paris Match, National Geographic, ESPN, Hello, Stern, Der Spiegel, Quo, Men's Health, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue and Cosmopolitan. His work has also won a number of major international photography awards.

Victor's shift to commercial photography began in earnest in 2009 after 15 years of editorial experience and his clients now include Nike, Rolex, Red Bull, Nikon, HSBC, UBS, Infiniti, Ballantine's, Callaway Golf, KIA Motors and Billabong.

Zach Ancell is a commercial sports photographer based out of New York. A collegiate athlete before turning pro photographer, he brings his knowledge of athletics to every shoot to help capture peak moments.

His clients include Nike, Adidas, and the University of Oregon.