Graduate wins national sport photography award
20th March 2024
University of Gloucestershire BA (Hons) Photography: Editorial and Advertising graduate Morgan Harlow has won the Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) ‘Ones to Watch’ Young Sports Photographer of Year Award.
Morgan (pictured below), who mentors current students, secured the prestigious gold award with a portfolio that won high praise from the judges for its variety and execution.
Two images were taken at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge, of Chinese para-swimmer Weiyi Yuan waiting to race and University of Stirling’s George Smith midway through a 200-metre heat (main image).
Team sports featured too, with an aerial shot from a netball match between England and South Africa and a fiercely contested university hockey fixture between Loughborough and Edinburgh.
Completing the set was a shot from the All-England Open Badminton Championships that perfectly framed the athleticism of Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. You can read more about this story on the University website.