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'''Donald Miralle''' is a [[photographer]], born in [[Los Angeles, California]] on August 8, 1974. With more than 30 international awards, he is especially known for his [[sports photography]] imagery. |
'''Donald Miralle''' is a [[photographer]], born in [[Los Angeles, California]] on August 8, 1974. With more than 30 international awards, he is especially known for his [[sports photography]] imagery. He is currently teaching [[Photography|photography]] at [[Pacific Ridge School]] in [[Carlsbad, California]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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| Born | August 8, 1974 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer (sport) |
| Website | Donald Miralle's Personal Website |
Donald Miralle is a photographer, born in Los Angeles, California on August 8, 1974. With more than 30 international awards, he is especially known for his sports photography imagery. He is currently teaching photography at Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, California.
Early life
Miralle grew up in La Cañada-Flintridge, a suburb of Los Angeles, and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. Miralle was a competitive swimmer for the UCLA Bruins;[citation needed] but after the men's swimming team at UCLA was cut due to Title IX,[1] he redirected his interests to art.[citation needed]
Photography career
Upon graduating with a Bachelors of Arts degree, he landed an entry-level position with Allsport Photography in 1997. Miralle worked with Allsport through the company's 1998 merger with Getty Images, where as a senior staff photographer, he covered six Super Bowls, five Olympic Games, three Pan American Games, The Masters, The Indianapolis 500, The World Series and other major sporting events worldwide.[citation needed]
After 10 years, Miralle resigned from his staff position at Getty Images to pursue a freelance career with editorial and commercial clients. He has worked on assignments for ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, The New York Times, Golf Digest, and Men's Journal. He has also shot commercially for Nike, Gatorade, Adidas, Visa, Toyota, Callaway, NFL Players Association and Discovery Channel.[citation needed] His work has appeared in magazines including Photo District News, British Journal of Photography, The Holland Times, and Top Magazine in Brazil, and on TV shows on ESPN and Today.[citation needed] He has been a keynote speaker at many events including the PDN PhotoPlus Expo, and Great White North Workshop,[citation needed] and is active [vague] with the education of photojournalism at colleges and workshops including Brooks Institute, Art Center College of Design, and Sportsshooter Academies.[citation needed] In addition, Miralle has been a judge for the National Press Photographers Best of Photojournalism 2009, Swedish Pictures of the Year 2007, the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association, and the Utah Press Photographers Association.[citation needed]
Other interests
Miralle is also an accomplished paddleboarder and surfer and in 2010 won the 20-mile 25th Annual Bay to Bay Paddleboard race in the 14 foot division in a time of 3 hours 37 minutes.[2]
Awards
- World Press Photo - World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam The Netherlands, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014.[citation needed]
- Pictures of the Year International - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013.[citation needed]
- National Press Photographer's Association Best of Photojournalism Contest[3]- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012.
- NFL Hall of Fame Photo Contest- 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008.[4]
- Graphis Photo Annual[5]- Gold Award 2009.
- PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris[n 1]- 2009.[citation needed]
- Sasakawa World Sports Photography Contest- 2002.[6]
- Mobius Awards [n 2] Ad Campaign for the NFLPA in 2008.[citation needed][dubious – discuss]
- National Headliner Award- Sports Illustrated 2000.[citation needed]
- Sportsshooter Photographer of the year- 2004, 2005.
- The PGB Photo Award, Stockholm Sweden 2010.
- PDN "The Shot", NYC 2013.
Notes
References
- ^ Wendy Witherspoon, "Making a Last Stand: UCLA: Despite past successes, coaches of swimming, gymnastics are still fighting uphill battle to save men's programs", Los Angeles Times, February 19, 1994.
- ^ "Bay to Bay 2010" (PDF), Eaton Surfboards and Paddleboards.
- ^ Best of Photojournalism Site
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame[vague]
- ^ Graphis, Best of International Visual Communications
- ^ Untitled web page, Sasakawa World Sports Foundation.