The Golden Touch

01 August 2012

London, UK

Fencing at the London 2012 Olympics.

Gold-medal winner Jiyeon Kim of South Korea kisses her medal during the award ceremony for women’s sabre individual fencing.

Location

London, United Kingdom

Technical information

Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
ISO: 1250
F-Stop: 3.5
Focal Length: 400 mm
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X

Sergei Ilnitsky
Nationality:
Russia
About:
Sergei Ilnitsky is a staff photographer for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) in Moscow since 2003. He was born in 1974 in the small town of Mariupol, Ukraine. His passion for photography started as a child. He attended the Academy of Arts and Culture in Siberia while freelancing for newspapers and advertising agencies. Upon graduation, he worked at the regional newspaper Kuznetsky Kray. In 1995, he began as a stringer for EPA assigned to the Siberian region of Russia.
Commissioner:
European Pressphoto Agency