USA Swimming Team

Just before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, we created a photo shoot for Omega, the official timekeepers of the Games, featuring USA Swimming Team stars Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, and Michael Phelps. The images, shot at a local pool in the Bronx, captured the pre-race meditations and determination of these elite athletes. All three swimmers returned from Beijing adorned with Olympic medals.

Some of the images were featured in an article for The Olympic Edition of Omega Lifetime magazine, accompanying an interview with the swimmers in which Phelps discussed his potential to win eight gold medals in Beijing – a prophecy fulfilled later that summer. The rest, as they say, is history.

Discipline

Creative Direction
Editorial Direction
Art Direction
Graphic Design

Photographer

Anders Overgaard

Client

Omega SA

Year

2008

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James Bond – Spectre
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Liu Shishi – Star Girl
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USA Swimming Team
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Nicole Kidman
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George Clooney – Speedmaster
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Magnus Carlsen
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Zhang Ziyi – Fall
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James Bond – Skyfall
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Eddie Redmayne – Aqua Terra
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Zhang Ziyi – B&W
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