Mark Pain, sports photographer
Mark Pain, Farnham, Surrey

About Mark

Mark has photographed five Olympic Games, 7 Ryder Cups, six Football World Cups as well as several Rugby World Cups and World Athletics Championships. He was Chief Sports Photographer of the Mail On Sunday for over twenty years.

He shoots Premier League football most weeks, along with portraits and features of the biggest names in sport, for editorial and corporate clients. He started running courses in 2011, and became a Nikon UK Ambassador in 2013.

Awarded Gold - World Sports Photography Awards

2021

London 2012 Olympics Photographer of the Year

UK Guild of Picture Editors, 2012

Sports Photographer of the Year

British Press Awards, 2005 & 2011

Home Nations Football Photographer of the Year

Winner, 2012

World Press Photo, Sports Picture of the Year

Finalist, 1998

Rugby Photographer of the Year, Best Picture

Rugby World Cup, 2003

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