“There could be this moment of what happened with Maradona” –Photographer who captured iconic image of Messi holding the World Cup explains how he purposely missed other images to get it

Joel Marklund photograph of the World Cup 2022 showing Lionel Messi holding World Cup aloft among fans.

At the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Joel Marklund captured one of the most circulated images of the competition.

In the first part of my interview with the Nikon Ambassador and Chief Photographer at sports photography agency Bildbyrån, he told me, “How much is remembered from the final? It’s very rare that there’s one game-defining moment that everyone talks about.”