Yasmin Miller: British International Hurdler
Sports Portrait and Track Photography, London
Photographing Yasmin Miller was not just about capturing a talented athlete in motion, it was about honouring a journey. I had followed her career for a while, from sprinting onto the international scene at 16 to her continued resilience in the 100m hurdles and a British Indoor Athletics Championships title in the 60m hurdles since. Yasmin represents everything I love about photographing sport: strength, focus and a real sense of inner drive. She is not just fast, she is determined, smart and grounded, juggling her law degree alongside elite competition. That kind of quiet power is what I am always drawn to through the lens.
We shot on track, letting the simplicity of the setting bring out her form, strength and energy. Hurdles are such a visceral event to shoot: the suspension in mid air, the tension before the sprint, the grit after the finish. There is elegance in it, but also rawness. With Yasmin, every frame carried intention, and that is what makes sports photography so rewarding for me. It is not just documenting an athlete, it is telling her story through light, shape and moment.
This shoot sits within Karen's Sport portfolio, alongside Kate Beardmore's fencing story, another portrait built around what strength in sport actually looks like, and within Commissions, alongside campaigns such as the Red Bull Half Court basketball series.
If you are building a campaign or a story around real athletes, I would love to talk about how we could tell it.