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MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Alysa Liu of Team United States warms up prior to the Women's Single Skating - Free Skating on day thirteen of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 19, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
Olympic photographers are using a 160-year-old technique to create art on ice, freezing ice skaters in ethereal photographs

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

OLYMPICS Multiple exposure photography is turning Olympic athletes into works of art

OLYMPICS
VAL DI FIEMME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 10: Josephine Pagnier of Team France competes in the Mixed Team Trial Round on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium on February 10, 2026 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Olympic photographers are taking blurry photos! They used these four techniques to turn sport into art with motion blur

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

OLYMPICS Motion blur turns Olympic athletes into art in these photos from the 2026 Winter Olympics – here's how

OLYMPICS
A Luge athlete trains on day minus one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on February 05, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Now that's a cool picture: Getty Images is using thermal imaging to get creative at the Winter Olympics

By Sebastian Oakley Published

News Beyond the ice: visualizing Olympic extremes through thermal imaging

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Getty Image modified Graflex at Winter Olmypics
Getty Images is capturing the Winter Olympic magic with a modified graflex camera

By Sebastian Oakley Published

News When 1956 meets today: Getty Images’ love letter to olympic history with a modified graflex

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Jonathan Gustafson of Team United States competes in the Luge Men's Singles Run 2 on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic
Documentary photography is taking over the Winter Olympics, and I'm its biggest fan!

By Sebastian Oakley Published

Opinion Documentary sports photography is becoming the Olympic standard

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A camera lens with a football field in the background
I’m a former sports photographer – and photographing football on the sidelines has ruined my ability to enjoy a game on the TV

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPORTS After photographing football from the sidelines, watching a game on TV just isn't the same

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A photo by freelance sports photographer David Silverman
The Super Bowl is sports photography “ramped up about a 1000%.” This is what gear New England Patriots photographer David Silverman is bringing to Super Bowl LX

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SUPER BOWL I chatted with David Silverman, a freelance photographer who has been with the New England Patriots for 34 years, about his plans for the Super Bowl

SUPER BOWL
Football: Super Bowl XLIX: Seattle Seahawks Marshawn Lynch (24) in action, scoring touchdown vs New England Patriots during 2nd quarter at University of Phoenix Stadium. Glendale, AZ 2/1/2015 CREDIT: John Biever (Photo by John Biever /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X159217 TK1 )
This 74-year-old sports photographer is the only person to shoot every Super Bowl in history. Super Bowl LX will likely be his last

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SUPER BOWL John Biever, 74, plans to retire after photographing his 60th Super Bowl this year, the only photographer to do so

SUPER BOWL
Skeleton: 2002 Winter Olympics, USA Tristan Gale in action during training at Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT 2/17/2002
Legendary sports photographer Peter Read Miller photographed 9 Olympics and over 40 Super Bowls, leaving behind a staggering legacy of action images

By Mike Harris Published

News Sports Illustrated alum and Canon photographer, Peter Read Miller has died aged 78. He built an incredible career that spanned over 40 years, where he immortalized many of history's greatest sporting moments

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PHILADELPHIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Boxer "Jersey Joe Walcott" takes a hard punch from Rocky Marciano during their World Heavyweight Title fight on September 23, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After Walcott dropped Marciano in the first round, Marciano held out and defeated Walcott in the 13th with a knockout punch that has been called the "greatest punch in boxing history". Born Arnold Raymond Cream in New Jersey, he was often compared to welterweight boxer Joe Walcott; thus he became known by the nickname "Jersey Joe Walcott". (Photo by Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
The two most iconic boxing photos of all time couldn’t be more different – and they reveal a hidden truth about the decisive moment

By Mike Harris Published

Opinion Two of the most famous frames in sports history: one the impact of a devastating punch; the other, the immediate aftermath. Proof that the decisive moment isn’t always the climax of the action

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