Pim Ras

"I always wanted to go to the Olympics as a sports photographer. The Beijing Games were my fourth Olympics. The nice thing about the Games is the diversity of sports you photograph. In the Netherlands I only take pictures of football, or soccer as it is called in the United States. In Beijing I photographed sailing out of a press boat. It was quite tough to make a crisp photo because of the instable position in the boat. However, it made this picture special because of the low angle — it looks like the boat is sinking with the sailing flags as silent witnesses."

The dazzling images of Pim Ras have earned him 23 Silver Camera Awards and two L'Equipe Sports Photo Awards. He has covered the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Summer Olympic Games and the Turin Winter Olympic Games, along with numerous international soccer championships.

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