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