Marison Bilagody is a staff photographer for Arizona Athletics. Previously, he worked as a student intern for Arizona Athletics and as a senior photographer for the Arizona Daily Wildcat. Open to freelance work in the Tucson and Phoenix area.
Originally from Tuba City, AZ, on the Navajo Reservation. He is Navajo and Apache. He grew up in both State College, PA and Tuba City. He played football and baseball through his senior year at Tuba City High School, graduating in 2018.
He began taking photos in Fall 2019 after his first year at the University of Arizona. In his first year, he captured the Spring 2020 Drew Gyorke Photojournalism Award.
In Fall 2022, he started working for Arizona Athletics as a photo intern. He was awarded the 2022 James Alan Cox Foundation Scholarship for his photo series of the Arizona football game vs North Dakota State.
He graduated from the University of Arizona School of Journalism with a degree in digital journalism and a minor in studio art with an emphasis in photography.
In 2024, he was a recipient of the Doug Pensinger Photography Fund Development Grant.
In 2025, he was promoted to a full-time staff photographer with Arizona Athletics.
In his free time, he watches football, lifts weights, spends time with his pets and unwinds with his friends by playing the occasional online game.
Services
Photography
Photo Editing
Worked For
Arizona Athletics
The Arizona Daily Wildcat