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Andre Magarao

Andre Magarao

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Searching for Light

As a photographer I always need to make sure the athlete's performance is at its peak. Together with the athlete, we strive to showcase how beautiful the sport and the location is. Whenever the light is not amazing I bring in my flashes to make sure everything looks right.

Awards

World Photo Annual

2024

Honorable Mention

Sports

Professional

Searching for Light

As a photographer I always need to make sure the athlete's performance is at its peak. Together with the athlete, we strive to showcase how beautiful the sport and the location is. Whenever the light is not amazing I bring in my flashes to make sure everything looks right.

About Artist

Andre Magarao

My interest in photography began during a time I was also really into mountain biking. So I was mainly shooting the landscape of the places I got to go on my bike. Since biking is a sport that teaches you the importance of waking up early, I’ve also learnt to appreciate the beauty of that early morning light. Since I’ve always been into sports it was a natural step to start shooting my friends doing sports. I quickly noticed that shooting during “the golden hour” led to shots I liked more. But then I started shooting sports like skateboarding and it’s very hard to talk skateboarders into waking up at 5am to get that good light. That was when I started studying artificial light. Nowadays I travel with a pretty big amount of gear and place flashes where I probably shouldn’t be placing to get the shots you see here.

Andre Magarao

Photographic Areas of Focus

Aerial, Fine Art, Nature, Photojournalism, Sports, Travel

Location

United States of America

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