Richard Pelham began his award-winning career aged 18, taking showbiz, royalty and sports shots for Universal Pictorial Press and Alpha Press Agency. He joined The Sun as a full-time freelance in 1987 and is now their chief sports photographer, specialising in football, boxing, cricket and golf. He has won numerous awards, including “Sports Photographer of the Year” at the recent British Press Awards.

Judges of the British Press Awards described Richard Pelham, who has won this award for the fourth year in a row , as having an impressive ability to capture unique moments of sporting drama. Pelham’s image of world champion boxer, Joe Calzaghe was described by judges as a “cheeky, witty” image that “captured a moment in a sport which can often be the hardest to get”.

Richard Pelham comments: “I’m over the moon to have won the award against such stiff competition and feel it is a symbolic achievement considering it is almost a year to the day that I switched back to using Nikon – a decision I didn’t take lightly but have never looked back on.”

Current Kit
Three D3 bodies
24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S NIKKOR
14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR NIKKOR
400mm f/2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR
600mm f/4G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR
TC-14E II
Richard Pelham