2014 Photo Contest, Sports Action, 1st prize

Polo Fall

Photographer

Emiliano Lasalvia

La Nacion

01 December, 2013

Pablo MacDonough falls at a match during the Argentine Polo Open Championship, on 1 December.

About the photographer

Emiliano Lasalvia

Emiliano Lasalvia (1978) was studying astronomy when he began working as a photographer for the El Dia de la Plata newspaper in 2002. Two years later, he began to work at the La ...

Background story

Pablo MacDonough falls at a match during the Argentine Polo Open Championship, on 1 December.

Part of the international polo Grand Slam, the competition is the world’s most important polo championship at club level, and has been held annually since 1893. As an individual, MacDonough was ranked fifth in the world. His team, La Dolfina, won the championship. 

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/4000
F-Stop
3.2
ISO
250

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