When we think of eSports there are these images in our heads. It is a great achievement to perfectly capture a moment and make it stick in the audience's mind. Our best eSports photographers shape the way that we look at eSports. In the category eSports photo of the Year, the eSports Award honors these pictures and their authors.
Photographer: Daniel Jensen Title: Referee Scandal Date: 10/06/2007 Camera: Canon EOS 400D Website: readmore.de
Description*: Besides of emotions and victory there can be other sides in eSports like
they are in any other sports aswell: At the World Cyber Games 2007 in
Seattle there was a match conflict between the Norwegian team
MeetYourMakers and the Korean eSTRO. After some time of discussion you
could see a Korean guy with a sponsor badge joining the conversation
between a Korean admin and the Korean players. In the end the referees
decided in favor of eSTRO and gave one map to the team. MeetYourMakers
couldn't overcome this decision and lost the last map clearly. Before
the ruling they already won the match. (by Daniel Jensen of www.readmore.de)
Photographer: Michal Blicharz Title: Unforgettable Date: 07/06/2008 Camera: Canon EOS 400D Website: SK-Gaming.com
Description*: The 18 year old Cypher lifts his very first major trophy at ESWC Masters of Paris after two years. (by Michal Blicharz of www.sk-gaming.com)
Photographer: Rafal Lagowski Title: Bitter Taste of Defeat Date: 03/09/2008 Camera: Canon EOS 400D Website: SK-Gaming.com
Description*: Taken at the Intel Extreme Masters II finals. Represents Grubby right after his loss to his former friend and now number one arch rival ToD. (by Rafal Lagowski of www.sk-gaming.com)
Photographer: Paul Chaloner Title: ...and occasionally in frustration Date: 06/29/2008 Camera: Canon EOS 350D Website: theCGS.com
Description*: Jason Lake watches Complexity lose again. (by Paul Chaloner of www.thecgs.com)
Description*: Mousesports get the trophy. After the last frag in the final of the Intel Extreme Masters against the Korean team e-STRO the German players and managers of Mousesports celebrate the prize of the tournament. (by David Donschen of www.fragster.de)
Photographer: Max Silver Title: Jason Lake prays Date: 06/29/08 Camera: Nikon D40 Website: Cadred.org
Description*: Complexity went into this match, the last of the United States CGS Season, with a winless record, 0-11. Jason Lake, General Manager of the LA Complexity, himself summed up his feelings of the season so far before this game, found here. His franchise performed superbly throughout the game and went into the last match, Dead or Alive Male. Here you can see him praying to the heavens, illuminated nicely by the skylight. He later went on to take the match. (by Max Silver of www.cadred.org)
*: The views expressed in the description of the photos are those of the authors and their respective websites and do not necessarily represent the views of Turtle Entertainment GmbH or of any individual member of the eSports Award Academy.
