Bob has been a sports photographer for over 30 years and has photographed every major sporting event from the summer and winter Olympics to Elephant Polo and Horse Racing on Ice. He has taken photographs all over the world and been published in a variety of publications including Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Life Magazine, Stern, Paris Match, Bunte, L'Equipe, The Sunday Times and The New York Times. As he is based in England, he is the only Sports Illustrated photographer to be based outside of the USA.
His photography has been recognised by more than 57 national and international awards. He is a 3 time winner of the prestigous British Sports Photographer of the Year also having won the World Press Photo Sports Picture in 2005. Bob also played a large part in the 2012 London Olympics as the overall Photo Chief.
I think Bob Martin's photography is spectacular as it captures not only the raw emotion and action involved in sport but it also captures the beauty of sport. His use of a variety of angles is truly inspiring as they illustrate sport from angles viewers would not get to witness otherwise. In doing so, he communicates more of the emotion from the sports people being photographed allowing viewers to feel closer to the action. I love his creative use of angles as it allows me to not only see sport differently but also to feel the pure action and speed or grace and elegance in his photographs. It is clear he has had a large influence over sports photography and continues to do so with many stunning images. Below are some of my favourite:
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