Joachim likes taking pictures of sportspeople in little-known sports disciplines – says Amy Kellner, the photo editor of The New York Times Magazine. – He mentioned he is especially interested in photographing female contestants during a fight. This is typically a male sport, so it’s important to promote women as much as possible. We searched for armwrestling events on-line and Nemiroff World Cup turned out to be the most interesting and big enough for many photo opportunities.

Joachim is interested in shooting the bouts, but also backstage of the event. The end product will be a photostory with short notes and comments. The material will appear in The New York Times at the end of November.

Meanwhile, you can see the photos at our website: http://joachimladefoged.com/Portfolios/Sports/1/

Iza Małkowska