Pro Baseball Photo Competition Announces Inaugral Winners
The Professional Baseball Photographers’ Association (PBPA) has announced the winners of its inaugural photo competition celebrating the best baseball images captured in 2023.
The judges received over 3,600 images from nearly 200 photographers located in nine different countries. The Grand Prize was a Sony a9 III with an FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM OSS II lens which was given to Brace Hemmelgarn who was the winner of the Portfolio category
Prizes were also handed out from the competition’s sponsors: Sony, PhotoShelter, Roberts Camera, Tiffen (Domke/Davis & Sanford), Sports Shooter Academy, and Camera Bits.
“Holding our first contest with a fantastic turnout and such an esteemed panel of judges means the world to our organization,” says PBPA President Alex Trautwig. “I could not be happier with how year one turned out, we are immensely grateful for everyone who participated, and we are already diligently working on the 2024 competition.
Action
Pictorial
Feature
Emotion
Portrait
Amateur
Story
Student
The photos were reviewed blindly by the judges over the course of two days. “We had some very spirited discussion but, ultimately, the cream really rose to the top,” explains contest judge Ron Vesely.
“What everyone was able to produce, across the board, in every category, was really impressive,” Maureen Cavanagh adds
“You see this set of images and you realize we are in pretty good hands and that this generation of photographers really knows what they’re doing when it comes to making baseball images.”
To see the full competition winners, head to the PBPA’s competition page here.
Update 2/13: The wrong photographer was credited for the Story award. It has been amended.
