Eclipse Award 2009 for photography
January 10th 2010 01:23
Jeff Taylor won the Eclipse Award for Photography in 2009. It is a very dramatic photograph of a fall in a minor race meeting at the Blue Ridge Point To Point races in Clark County Virginia, and was first published in the Winchester Star on March the 9th, 2009.
“It’s an unbelievable thrill to win this award. I very much enjoy covering racing events. We can see something in horses that evoke emotions in humans. I like to capture the muscles and veins, and the intensity that a horse brings to competition; to try to give the view not only what it looked like, but how it felt.” - Jeff Taylor, as told to Thoroughbred Times.
Both horse and rider were unhurt, though jockey Anna McKnight did temporarily lose consciousness after impact.
"I was glad that the rider was fine afterward, That was our consideration in publishing the photograph. I'm glad she wasn't hurt and glad to have the photograph."
Taylor took the winning photo with a Canon EOS-1 Mark III.
This photo continues the regretful trend of selecting sensationalist photographs as winners for this award. A photograph by Douglas Lees in 2007 is very similar - while Matt Goins’ 2006 photo winner shows jockey Julien Leparoux being thrown over the head of his mount.
Honourable mentions in 2009 went to photographers Adam Coglianese and Pat McDonogh for photographs of (respectively) the finish of the Woodward Stakes and Pat Borel winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Mine That Bird.
Both are images of major racing events on the world stage. Both are spectacular and creative photographs (the series published in the Courier Journal - including this photograph by Pat McDonogh - is stunning). With all due respect to the winning photograph - and photographer - I wonder why the judges choose sensationalism over history and substance.
You will note that I have not used the winning photograph as the main image for this article.
Not the winning Eclipse Award photograph - but a runner-up by Adam Coglianese
“It’s an unbelievable thrill to win this award. I very much enjoy covering racing events. We can see something in horses that evoke emotions in humans. I like to capture the muscles and veins, and the intensity that a horse brings to competition; to try to give the view not only what it looked like, but how it felt.” - Jeff Taylor, as told to Thoroughbred Times.
the winning photo by Jeff Taylor
Both horse and rider were unhurt, though jockey Anna McKnight did temporarily lose consciousness after impact.
"I was glad that the rider was fine afterward, That was our consideration in publishing the photograph. I'm glad she wasn't hurt and glad to have the photograph."
Taylor took the winning photo with a Canon EOS-1 Mark III.
This photo continues the regretful trend of selecting sensationalist photographs as winners for this award. A photograph by Douglas Lees in 2007 is very similar - while Matt Goins’ 2006 photo winner shows jockey Julien Leparoux being thrown over the head of his mount.
Honourable mentions in 2009 went to photographers Adam Coglianese and Pat McDonogh for photographs of (respectively) the finish of the Woodward Stakes and Pat Borel winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Mine That Bird.
Both are images of major racing events on the world stage. Both are spectacular and creative photographs (the series published in the Courier Journal - including this photograph by Pat McDonogh - is stunning). With all due respect to the winning photograph - and photographer - I wonder why the judges choose sensationalism over history and substance.
photo by Pat McDonogh that received an honourable mention
You will note that I have not used the winning photograph as the main image for this article.
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