Some of the best pictures from Milano Cortina 2026 And some of the best photographers at the Winter Olympics
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games are now history. The closing ceremony held at the Arena di Verona marked the final act of an extraordinary edition, one that Italy will remember for a long time thanks to its record medal haul. Before turning our attention to the Paralympics, scheduled from March 6 to 15, and then to Los Angeles 2028 and the French Alps 2030, let’s take a step back and revisit some of the most striking images from this event. Photographing the Winter Olympic Games is no easy task, and many photographers even had to learn how to ski to keep up with the action—finding the perfect spot, choosing ever-changing perspectives capable of enhancing the momentum and dynamism of each athlete’s movements.
Editor’s note: for each photographer mentioned in the article, we have added a link to their Instagram profiles. You can find it next to their names.
Florence Pernet
Disciplines such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing, with their acrobatic jumps, are among the most spectacular to capture. Freezing the perfect instant, however, requires precision and sensitivity—a challenge that Florence Pernet interpreted masterfully.
Mattia Ozbot
Curling, on the other hand, is a sport of patience. Yet by applying different shooting techniques, Mattia Ozbot succeeded in making it feel dynamic, recreating its competitive tension.
Hector Vivas
Hector Vivas had previously captured the most iconic image of Paris 2024 with Layers of the Game, a photograph that replicated the men’s 100-meter final. The same technique was revisited in Milano Cortina for a series of breathtaking shots.
Philipp Reinhard
As mesmerizing as certain disciplines or events may have been, it was the medals that truly moved us. They are the protagonists of some of the most compelling productions signed by Philipp Reinhard.
Kohjiro Kinno
A downhill run at top speed, followed by a leap into the void, gliding through the air to land as far as possible. No olympic discipline compares to ski jumping, where solitude and poetry blend seamlessly. These concepts are beautifully expressed in the photographs of Kohjiro Kinno.
Alex Moysan
The Winter Olympic Games are the kind of event that suddenly turns you into an expert in moguls—a downhill race over bumps perfectly captured through the lens of Alex Moysan.
Max Galys
Max Galys followed the German delegation, highlighting the chromatic contrast between the adidas uniforms and the pristine white snow.
Alexis Réau
Ski mountaineering promised spectacle—and spectacle it delivered—with Alexis Réau providing what is undoubtedly the most striking image from the discipline’s Olympic debut.
Guglielmo Mangiapane
Guglielmo Mangiapane covered the speed skating competitions, portraying them through a play of shapes and perspectives that rendered geometric a discipline that is physically demanding yet ultimately defined by fluidity of movement.
Ryan Pierse
A photographer’s role is also to offer a different point of view on a historic moment. This is the case with Ryan Pierse and his remarkable interpretation of the medal won by Mikaela Shiffrin in the slalom.
