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as a professional sports photographer, Canon Ambassador Samo Vidic shoots the world’s top athletes for world-leading brands and publications. But in his latest project, Samo wanted to shine a light on a sometimes overlooked group of sporting heroes – disabled athletes who’ve overcome the odds to achieve great things in the sports they love. “Disabled athletes are rarely seen in the media in comparison with non-disabled ones,” Samo says. “I wanted to show different kinds of sports people, to highlight them and tell their often amazing life changing stories.”
In this photography project, he wanted to emphasise the athletes’ sporting prowess and the considerable obstacles that they have had to overcome.
His two camera bodies for these thought provoking shoots were the
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, fitted with Canon’s EF 50mm f/1.2l USM lens, the EF 24-70mm f/2.8l II USM lens, the EF 16-35mm f/2.8l II USM lens and the EF 8-15mm f/4l Fisheye USM lens.
The combination of bodies and lenses enabled Samo to explore a range of creative approaches – each shoot allowing him to execute a different challenging technical approach, from light trails to underwater action shots.
To achieve his creative vision, Samo photographed his subjects in two contrasting ways. One image was a portrait, revealing their personalities and showing the physical challenges they faced, while the other was a dynamic action shot that put the focus on their world-class achievements.
Samo’s dynamic, creative and visually striking images celebrate the personalities, skills and sheer determination of some truly inspirational people.
Disabled athletes are rarely seen in the media in comparison with non-disabled ones