sarah cooper, Esports. The Rising Generation (Sport (2018))

These images are taken from Esports (electronic sports) events held throughout Australia. Including the Intel Extreme Masters 2017, held over 2 days at the Qudos bank area, with $250,000AUD prize money and over 7000 people each day filled the Sydney stadium. International professional gamers are seen in these images battling it out in a variety of games, tournaments and locations, for prize money, sponsorship deals and the chance to represent Oceania and world competitions overseas that attracts 100,000+ spectators and millions in price pool money. Esports is one of the fastest growing and hyped industries in the world, and this is only the beginning for Australia.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.