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On January 26st The Manhasset Great Neck Camera Club will host Al Bello, Chief Sports Photographer at Getty Images
Al Bello graduated with a Liberal Arts degree from the University of New York at Stony Brook in 1989. Since joining Getty Images, Al has become Chief Sports Photographer in North America. He is assigned to cover sporting events and people in sport worldwide. Some of Al’s favorite events include the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup games and Winter and Summer Olympics. Other multi-sport international events include the Pan Am, Asian, Goodwill and Commonwealth Games.
His tennis favorites include the U.S. and French Open, as well as Wimbledon. Al has also enjoyed covering World Cup Soccer. His favorite sport by far is boxing. Al has been to countless world title fights and boxing gyms in the last 20 years.
Al has won various awards from World Press Photo, National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year International, China International Press Photographers Association, The New York Photographers Association, the Boxing Writers Association, the Football Hall of Fame, FINA, and the International Olympic Committee.
Al has also taught and lectured at the Eddie Adams Workshop, the National Press Photographers Association, the Richard Clarkson Workshop, the World Press Photo Foundation, the Rochester Institute of Technology and programs for Getty Images