Our Photographers’ Favorite Olympic Images

Credit...Photographs by Gabriela Bhaskar, James Hill, Chang W. Lee, Hiroko Masuike and Doug Mills

Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York TimesI thought a lot about the implications of photographing women, many of whom are still teenagers, figure skating in revealing costumes as they executed incredible feats of athleticism. Nicole Schott, 25, of Germany, wore a costume with a massive cutout on one side of her waist. As she turned into a backbend while spinning on one skate, I snapped a few frames of how far she was bending. The shadows on her neck and along her stomach, to me, showed the amount of torque the athletes’ bodies endure and the strength it takes to accomplish these tricks. Her…