sport photography

Feb 2014

Victor Fraile

Hong Kong

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.