Donald Miralle

Donald Miralle
Born	August 8, 1974(1974-08-08)
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 to his credit, Donald is especially known for his sports photography imagery.

Miralle grew up in the La Cañada-Flintridge, a suburb of Los Angeles, and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. A competitive swimmer for the UCLA Bruins, Miralle redirected his interests to art after the men's swimming team at UCLA was cut due to Title IX.^[1] Upon graduating with a Bachelors of Arts degree, Miralle 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, Miralle 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.

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. Miralle has also shot commercially for Nike, Gatorade, Adidas, Visa, Toyota, Callaway, The NFL Players Association and The Discovery Channel. His work has been featured in magazines including Photo District News, British Journal of Photography, The Holland Times, Top Magazine in Brazil and on TV shows on ESPN and the 'Today Show'. He has served as a keynote speaker at many events including the PDN PhotoPlus Expo, Great White North Workshop, and is active with the education of photojournalism at colleges and workshops including Brooks Institute, Art Center College of Design, and Sportsshooter Academies. In addition, Miralle has served as 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.

Miralle is also an accomplished paddleboarder and surfer and Miralle recently won the 20-mile 25th Annual Bay to Bay Paddleboard race in the 14 foot division in a time of 4 hours.^[2]

Awards

World Press Photo - Golden Eye Award 2005, 2006. Pictures of the Year International - 1st Place 2005, 2006, 2007. National Press Photographer's Association Best of Photojournalism Contest^[3]- 1st Place 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. NFL Hall of Fame Photo Contest^[4]- 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008. Graphis Photo Annual^[5]- Gold Award 2009. PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris^[6]- 2009. Sasakawa World Sports Photography Contest^[7]- 2002. Mobius Awards^[8]- Ad Campaign for the NFLPA in 2008. National Headliner Award- Sports Illustrated 2000.

References

1. ^ Los Angeles Times Article
2. ^ Paddleboard Race Results Page
3. ^ Best of Photojournalism Site
4. ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame
5. ^ Graphis, Best of International Visual Communications
6. ^ PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris
7. ^ Sasakawa World Sports Foundation
8. ^ The Mobius Awards

External links

• Donald Miralle's Personal Website

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