X-H1: Steve Christo x Gymnastics -Proud of-

Steve studied photography at the Sydney Technical College and started work at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1987, shooting news, sports and features. He moved solely to sports in 1994, covering the Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens, Beijing and most recently London. Two Commonwealth Games, The FIFA World Cup in South Africa and many other events, both in Australia and internationally. Some of his awards include a 1993 IOC Gold Lens for black-and-white singles, four POYi Awards of Excellence, a 2008 Sony International Photography Award's second prize in Sports and in 2007 and 2011 a World Press Photo third prize for Sports Action stories and single picture. He was named 2009 Sports Photographer of the Year by Panpa Awards.

As of 2012 after 25 years at the Sydney Morning Herald he decided to start freelancing. In the last 4 years he has worked for..... Destinations NSW, Sydney FC, Wanderers FC, ABC, AP, Reuters, University of NSW, Jaguar, Audi Australia, Commonwealth Bank, NSW Cricket, Swimming Australia, World Sports Group, Asia Cup Federation, Red Bull and contribute to Corbis International Photo agency.

STATISTICS

H.S.C 1984

Certificate in Photography Sydney TAFE 1989

Sydney Morning Herald since 1987 -2012

Shooting sport full time by 1994.

Olympic Games at Sydney2000 and Athens2004 and Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur1998 and Melbourne2006

World cup swimming championships in Yokahama

World Athletic championships in Osaka.

The World Cup Soccer in South Africa 2010

Several Grand Prix, a Rugby World Cup and NRL and AFL grand finals and a multitude of other sports.

My work used in the curriculum for the HSC English paper in 2007 Art and About 2005, 2006, 2010

International Awards

IOC Best of Sports Photography 1993

Gold Lense Single Black and White

Pictures Of The Year International

Awards Of Excellence Portfolio 1998, 2006, 2012

Feature Sports Picture 1998

National Press Photographers Association of America International Second Sports Photojournalist of the Year 2006

World Press Photo

Third in Sports Action Stories 2007,

Single image 2011

Sony International Photography Awards 2008

2nd in Sport

Panpa Awards

Sports Photographer of the year 2009

Highly Commended 2011