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Former KT photographer wins AP award for best portfolio

February 19, 2015
In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Dee Gordon runs to first base with the throw during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. Gordon was out at first. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dee Gordon runs to first base with the throw during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. Gordon was out at first. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Photographer Jae C. Hong won Associated Press’ Thomas V. diLustro award for best portfolio.

He is based out of Los Angeles, Calif., and covers a myriad of sports including MLB Baseball, MLS, NCAA Basketball, Horse Racing as well as a photo essay on the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Before working for AP, Hong was a photojournalist for The Korea Times headquarters in Los Angeles.

In this Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, a shirtless spectator watches Sweden's Charlotte Kalla compete during the women's 10K classical style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Kalla won the silver medal. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, a shirtless spectator watches Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla compete during the women’s 10K classical style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Kalla won the silver medal. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Carlos Boozer stands before team introductions for an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles. Dozens of athletes in recent weeks have responded to confrontations between authorities and black citizens in Ferguson, Mo., New York and elsewhere by wearing T-shirts bearing such statements as "I Can't Breathe" and "Hands Up, Don't Shoot!" The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers’ Carlos Boozer stands before team introductions for an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles. Dozens of athletes in recent weeks have responded to confrontations between authorities and black citizens in Ferguson, Mo., New York and elsewhere by wearing T-shirts bearing such statements as “I Can’t Breathe” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Jae C. Hong which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2014 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)