First of all, Simon shared what new developments or changes they implemented this year: “We’ve had more photographers entering more images than ever before. More than 1,400 photographers from 85 countries around the world. And we’ve also seen more sports represented. As well as our categories like Football, Baseball, Tennis, and Golf we’ve seen a huge number of other sports represented; extreme sports, sports on and in water, and in amazing places around the world. We’ve worked hard to increase our judges in terms of international spread, and diversity and specifically this year to bring in more experts from the photographic world to complement our judges from sports, brands, and media.” “World Sports Photography Awards is now the biggest global photographic competition in sport. From the photographers’ perspective, we want the awards to be challenging and to be an inspiration for innovation and excellence. It’s clear from the way the photographers respond to the awards, from the excitement of submission to the celebration of shortlists and then winning, that there is a great delight in sharing your work with peers and seeing the public respond with delight and amazement at the work. It’s a very public endorsement that the photographers don’t necessarily get when their work appears in the media in a conventional context. It’s also remarkable how often our winning images haven’t had widespread publicity before or been the images selected by media to support stories. We are celebrating the breadth of sports photography and creating new ways of viewing and celebrating it,” wrote Burton. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
