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©Soenar Chamid • www.sportfotografie.nl
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SOENAR CHAMID
Olympic and sports
photographer gives an
insight into his images
Dazzling images direct from the
London Olympic games, perfectly
displayed on IFA49.
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All images ©Soenar Chamid • www.sportfotografie.nl
Soenar Chamid Photographer
Sharp Shooter - Stunning images from
the London 2012 Olympics by Dutch
photographer Soenar Chamid are the
centrepiece of Innova Art’s stand at
Photokina 2012
(“within 15 metres of the goal at a football
game, photographing to the right”). Assess
the lighting conditions, be flexible – Chamid
works with two lenses: 70-200mm and a
400 or 500mm.
Soenar Chamid, whose sensational
images of the 2012 London Olympics
are exhibited on Innova Art’s stand B31,
Hall 6, at Photokina, Cologne, was a
champion speed skater in his youth. “I was
competing in junior national championships
and in 1974 I attended the junior world
championships,” he said. It was this sport
that kickstarted his career as a professional
sports photographer.
He accepts the transitory nature of the
business he is in: today’s record-breaking
triumph could be eclipsed by the
following night’s Champions League final.
However, some magical moments will
always endure like Chamid’s famous shot
of Johan Cruyff and Jesper Olsen’s 1982
‘tiki-taka’ penalty for Ajax.
His shots of triple Olympic swimming
champion Pieter van den Hoogenband are
regarded as classics and his editorial shots
of stars, where more time is available for
lighting and composition, continue to be
in demand.
“I was at a training camp in Russia with
several hundred roubles to spend in the
assigned local tourist shops so I bought my
first Zenith camera. A little later, sitting on
the sidelines thanks to a knee injury, I started
to photograph my skating friends and
colleagues. That injury cost me my skating
career but it led to a very successful career in
professional photography.”
Perhaps it is this lifelong, intimate
connection with sport that has given
Soenar his fabled instinct for capturing
the critical moment – almost as if he
knew an athlete was about to perform an
amazing feat in the few crucial seconds
before it happens. A talent that has helped
him build a customer base of leading
international newspapers and magazines,
which also includes prestigious
organisations such as the Royal Dutch
Football Association (KNVB) and the
National Olympic Committee. It has
made his picture agency, Soenar Chamid
Sportfotografie (www.sportfotografie.nl),
which supplies photographs by Chamid,
his wife Margarita and his son, Sander, one
of the world’s most trusted and sought
after in the field.
The sports photographer’s craft, perhaps
even more than most in the photography
field, is about taking the one shot that
says it all, that conveys all of the heat of
sporting prowess, with newsworthiness as
the main driver. You have to be ready at all
times, Chamid explains. Know your sport,
pick the best vantage point
The advent of digital photography has
changed the business almost entirely,
says Chamid. “When I started in sport
photography in 1975, I worked mostly in
black and white. I sold my pictures to 17
or 18 newspapers, which meant I had to
produce 18 prints per picture for delivery to
each of the sports desks. It took a lot of work.
For jobs outside the Netherlands I travelled
with about 50-60 kg of camera gear and
darkroom equipment. Nowadays I can edit
and update my database on a laptop – and
an online database is an excellent tool for
selling and distributing my images.”
Chamid’s agency produces prints for
customers: “for KNVB and the National
Olympic Comittee we produce a lot of prints
on paper and canvas. We use an Epson
large-format printer that gives splendid
results. Sometimes it is printing day and
night.”
Chamid is excited about the prospect of
an extensive display of his images on the
Innova FibaPrint Ultra Smooth Gloss paper.
Innova’s ground-breaking range of digital
fine art papers and canvas is renowned
for the stunning quality of the images
it produces and its archival properties.
Classic images of world-beating
performances deserve award-winning
media from Innova Art.
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Brand Management
Group will Launch their
Kodak Professional
Range of Digital Media
at Photokina,Cologne, 18-23
September
Brand Management Group will be drawing up in a traditional
London red bus and celebrating the sporting highlights of
London 2012 on stand B31, in Hall 6.1, at Photokina.
The sporting theme will be led by dazzling images direct from
the London games, captured by Dutch photographer Soenar
Chamid.
Setting the pace for the entire show will be the Kodak
Professional range of digital fine art and photo media, an
exciting choice of surface textures and formats for the studio
printers, professional photographers andenthusiasts.
The Professional range of papers have been rigorously tested
for optimum image vibrancy and longevity and are backed by
Kodak’s excellent reputation for quality and consistency. All
papers are supplied in a range of both sheet and roll formats.
The range includes the new 255g Professional Inkjet Photo
Glossy and Lustre papers, which represent the latest advances
in digital paper technology. Both papers offer improved “lay
flat” characteristics, increased colour gamuts and higher Dmax
enabling the end user to achieve deeper and richer blacks, a
more dynamic range and more detail in the shadow areas.
The Kodak Professional range also includes two heavyweight,
archival quality art papers: Fine Art Textured and Fine Art
Smooth, both 315g. Fine Art Textured, with its matte surface
and natural white colour, emulates a traditional art paper making
it ideal for fine art and photo reproductions. Fine Art Smooth, a
100% cotton paper with a silky smooth surface and high white
tone, produces images of outstanding colour intensity and
contrast.
The 285g Fine Art Fibre Satin and Fine Art Fibre Glossy papers
offer photographers a state-of-the-art digital equivalent to
traditional fibre-based photo papers. The unique microporous,
acid inhibiting surface coating produces images equal, and even
superior to traditionally made prints, with a Dmax rating of 2.7
and market leading colour gamut.
Having taken responsibility for the international marketing,
sale and distribution of Kodak inkjet media products to imaging
professionals in January 2012, the Brand Management Group
(BMG), with more than 15 years experience selling inkjet media,
equipment, and supplies across all market sectors, is actively
developing the portfolio in collaboration with Kodak.
Brand Management Group Europe are pleased to announce
that Swains International will be the appointed distributor for
the Kodak Professional Range in the UK. Swains International
plc, based in Hunstanton, Norfolk, are the UK’s leading
Photo Imaging Wholesale Distributor and offer a vast range
of products from the world’s most recognised and respected
brands. Swains provide their customers with an unmatched
Come and meet the Brand Management Team at Photokina
in Hall 6, B31/C30. Samples, product information, new
products and distributor details will be readily available.
level of service and support at all times.
“BMG look forward to working with Swains in the UK” said
Sarah Punt, Sales & Marketing Manager for BMG Europe.
“We will continue to extend our European network of distribution
in the lead up to and during Photokina. The launch of the Kodak
Professional Range marks the start of an exciting and extensive
program of new product introductions to the Kodak Inkjet
portfolio”.
Sarah Punt
Sales & Marketing Manager (Europe)
T: +44 1992 563355
M: +44 7718 000 617
E: [email protected]
W: www.brandmanagementgroup.com
NEW! FibaPrint Warm Cotton Gloss 335g
The Fibaprint range has grown in recent years, with Matt, Semi-Matte and Ultra Smooth
versions having been introduced. The latest addition to the Fibaprint range, is IFA 45
FibaPrint Warm Cotton Gloss 335g. It brings another quality to the range as the first to be
made on a 100% cotton base.
“It’s a premium product with a luxurious, warm tone and no optical brighteners – which means
nothing to worry about concerning long-term colour shifts,” said Mike Gonzalez, MD of Innova
Art. “It is acid and lignin free so has excellent archival properties. The paper is also highly price
competitive with rival products.”
The ultra smooth gloss surface of the paper is produced by Innova Art’s unique crystal layer
technology, which creates a barrier layer between the fibre base and the microporous glossy
coating. This quality allows the paper to retain the finest detail, an exceptional tonal range
and a d-max rating up to 2.7.
“The FibaPrint Warm Cotton Gloss pushes things to a new level, with a uniform lustrous finish
without a sparkly distraction. The generous 335g weight combined with the velvety rag base
produces a sturdy print with an exceptional tactile sensation in your hands.”
NEW! Olmec Lightweight papers - gloss and Lustre 190g
The all-new
190g Photo
Gloss and Lustre
Lightweight
papers offer
photographers
exciting new
options. Both
new papers are
bright white,
water resistant
and singleside coated,
and will offer
photographers
welcome
opportunities to get creative with high gloss and low sheen finishes.
They combine the proven quality of the Olmec brand with a costeffective package of A4 and A3 sheets supplied in packs of 100.
“Olmec is a tried, tested and trusted brand so there is no need for a
revolution,” says Innova Art MD Mike Gonzalez. “What we are doing
with these new papers is offering a wider choice across a range that
photographers love and have depended upon for a very long time.
Olmec is a great name in good hands.”
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all 6.1 BUS!
Stand
B31
Olmec has established itself as first choice for the serious amateur
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Olmec is not simply about a great pedigree. Two DIMA awards for
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papers bear comparison with any of their rivals.
Custom-designed ICC colour profiles to optimize output on Olmec
papers can be downloaded free from the Innova Art website at
www.innovaart.com/olmec. The profiles work on both PC and Mac
platforms and support popular Epson, Canon and HP photo printers.
“A sound range of materials with a
better than average set of canned
profiles, for a wide range of printer
options.” Professional Imagemaker
magazine, 2011
“[The] 260g glossy paper scoops jointfirst place atop the print quality table…
another photo paper with consistent
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NEW! JetMaster Direct Print Frames and 12x12” size for standard range
Last year Innova Art won the Fine Art Trade
Guild’s Innovation Award for its Jetmaster
Display System. Photokina marks the launch
of a new, improved JetMaster, with a new
filmic release liner and an enhanced pressure
sensitive adhesive layer for truly trouble-free
handling.
Exciting additional square sizes, perfect for
small to medium scale display, have also been
added: 12x12” join the 5x5” and 8x8”.
JetMaster base is a pre-cut, laminated selfadhesive board. Prints made on any laser
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pressed down onto the board, trimmed, folded
– and hung.
See the all-new JetMaster Direct Print Framing
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