David Price's Season in 20 Stunning Images

The season is over, the medals are tucked away, and the trophy has finally found its home. Yet for club photographer David Price, the campaign lives on in frozen frames and split-second decisions – from a harshly lit office on signing day to a delirious Selhurst Park bathed in red smoke and gold.

Price was there from Old Trafford in August to the title lift in May, camera in hand, eye always hunting for something a little different. With a rare pause in the schedule, he’s picked out 20 images that, for him, tell the story of a remarkable year.

This is his season, one shutter click at a time.

20. Hello Hincapie

It starts quietly, away from the roar and the floodlights. Piero Hincapie, mid-signing video, caught in unforgiving light that somehow flatters the moment. No grand stadium, no sliding celebration. Just a new arrival gripping the club flag, the glare cutting across his face and shoulders, turning a routine bit of content into a stark, cinematic welcome.

A behind-the-scenes shot that feels anything but secondary.

19. Gabi gets away

Then the speed hits you. Gabriel Martinelli, all angles and urgency, ripping clear of two Kairat Almaty defenders. The frame is clean, almost stripped back, which only makes his power and acceleration more violent. Two chasing shadows, one red shirt already gone.

You don’t hear the turf tear beneath him. The picture makes you imagine it.

18. Competitive edge

Before the serious work, a different kind of battle. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka locked into a playful pre-training game that stops being playful in seconds. Faces tighten, bodies lean in, the ball suddenly matters.

It’s a reminder: even the laughs at this level come with a sharp edge.

17. Parade day

Noise. Colour. Chaos. Parade days are never simple to shoot, and this one rewrote the script. Price finds a frame where every inch is claimed by supporters, a sea of faces and phones, flags and flares. Red smoke curls through the scene, staining the air.

You can almost feel the bus rumbling past, just out of sight, the title finally close enough to touch.

16. Let it all work out

A new number 10, a new chapter. The image is deceptively simple: a clean shot of the player waving to Arsenal supporters, nothing cluttering the moment. That simplicity was hard-earned. Two other cameramen jostling for the same angle, bodies in the way, timing everything.

One fraction of a second where the arm lifts, the face turns, and the noise in the background melts away.

15. The mask

Some celebrations you can see coming. Viktor’s mask routine was always going to appear a few times across the season, but anticipation doesn’t make it easier to nail. This time, Price gets it – sharp, unobstructed, the iconic pose isolated from the chaos around it.

The kind of shot that will follow the player for years.

14. Picture perfect

Away from the pitch, another kind of theatre. Two fans pressed against a window, framed as if by design, reacting as the parade buses roll into view. A hand-painted sign adds its own charm, the whole thing looking like a staged portrait that just happened to break out on a city street.

Football as seen through glass, raw and unfiltered.

13. Under the lights

A forgotten piece of kit, an old star filter, turns into a gamble that pays off. Before the Bayer Leverkusen match, Price digs it out and tries something different: get close to a player, line them up with the floodlights, let the lens do the rest.

Declan Rice steps into position and the lights explode around his head, framing his face in sharp relief. A familiar subject, rendered almost celestial.

12. What it means

Late in the season, every goal carries extra weight. At the London Stadium, Leandro Trossard scores a crucial one, and the camera swings to the aftermath. Trossard and Cristhian erupt, bodies contorted in pure release, the tension of the run-in spilling out in one frame.

No need for context. You know it mattered.

11. Captain’s glow

Sometimes, luck helps. Martin Ødegaard stands over a free-kick, and the light in the stadium carves a narrow shaft across the pitch. He just happens to step into it. His number glows on his back, the rest of the scene sunk in shadow.

A captain illuminated, literally and figuratively.

10. Cool customer

The Premier League trophy sits at the heart of the chaos at Selhurst Park. Fireworks, shouts, cameras everywhere. In the middle of it all, Eberechi Eze takes a beat, almost detached, looking effortlessly cool as the celebrations roar behind him.

It’s a title-winning day, but the picture breathes. Calm in the eye of a storm.

9. Cold on the coast

Bournemouth in January. The kind of night that seeps into your bones. Price flips the frame to black and white, and the decision instantly makes sense. The colour drains away, leaving breath hanging in the air, sleeves pulled tight, faces set against the chill.

You don’t need to feel the temperature. The picture does it for you.

8. On the board

Mikel Arteta has become a regular in Price’s seasonal favourites, and this year is no different. From the same Bournemouth match that featured in his 2025 roundup, there’s a new angle: Arteta celebrating with the away end, the scoreboard looming behind him.

The numbers tell the story, but the manager’s leap and clenched fists give it its heartbeat.

7. Rising highest

In a crowded box, bodies collide and blur. Somewhere in the middle of it all, “little Gabi” Martinelli rises above the pack. The frame feels busy, almost messy, yet your eye is dragged to one moment: Martinelli suspended in the air, neck arched, ready to head home.

Among the chaos, a single, decisive act.

6. Chelsea dagger

Under the floodlights, every breath becomes visible. Kai Havertz delivers a blow against Chelsea, and Price catches the aftermath: Havertz’s face twisted with emotion, steam lifting off his shoulders and catching in the light.

It looks like the heat of battle made visible, a dagger delivered with ice-cold precision.

5. Gold dust

While Stuart MacFarlane tracks the trophy itself, Price goes hunting for something different in the title chaos. He finds it in a quieter detail: Myles Lewis-Skelly proudly displaying his gold Premier League patch, a small square of fabric that suddenly carries enormous weight.

No silverware in shot. Just the symbol of having conquered a league.

4. Winning feeling

Two giants leaving the London Stadium, walking off with the kind of satisfaction that doesn’t need words. Gabriel and William Saliba celebrate a vital win over West Ham, their body language radiating strength and certainty.

It’s not the goal, not the tackle, not the whistle. It’s the walk that tells you everything.

3. NLD emotions

North London derbies always leave marks, and this one lives in a single, joyous frame. Eberechi Eze covers a huge smile, trying and failing to hide it. Zubimendi shrugs, as if to say, “What did you expect?” Piero Hincapie and Declan Rice teeter on the edge of going completely wild.

The picture is busy, layered, and irresistible. A derby afternoon distilled into expressions.

2. Parade window

The buses roll, the songs ring out, and somewhere along the route, Price finds another gem. A simple shot with a nod to the club’s soul: the Highbury Clock End clock watching over it all in the background.

A moment in time that folds past and present into a single glance.

1. A moment in time

Fittingly, Price’s favourite is not the loudest image, nor the most dramatic. It’s a “pretty simple shot,” as he calls it, but loaded with meaning. The Highbury Clock End clock stands in view, a quiet reminder of where the club has come from, set against the backdrop of where it has arrived.

One season, one title, one frame that refuses to let history drift too far from the present.

The medals will tarnish and the noise will fade. These pictures won’t.