Sports, 1st prize
Ground Pass Holders
Kieran Doherty
26 June, 2014
Spectators with ground tickets photograph a player on Court 3, at Wimbledon.
Spectators unable to secure tickets to any of the major show courts at the Wimbledon Championships may make do with a Grounds Admission pass. This entitles them to wander around the outside tennis courts, where there are unreserved seats and standing is allowed. Even so, capacity is limited, and at times spectators may only be admitted as others leave. Most players, except the top seeds, can at some point during the Championships be seen playing on the outside courts.
Kieran Doherty
Kieran Doherty is a freelance photographer based in England. In 1993, he became a stringer for the Reuters News Picture Service before being offered a staff position based in Lon...
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