Sportscape : The Evolution of Sports Photography

SYNOPSIS

Sportscape is an instant classic, the gift for fans of sport AND devotees of photography. With hundreds of rarely-before-seen, remarkable photographs from the last hundred years, the book documents the dynamic history of sports via a new route-by showing how sports of all kinds have been caught on film. It tells, in picture after picture, the story of the century's social, political, and technological developments-and the story behind the greatest sports moments themselves. As this tale unfolds chronologically, a transition is revealed: from amateurism to commercialism, from posed images to intense action, from distant views to tight focus, and from black-and-white to color. Captions and chapter headers put the images in their time and place, and share the secrets behind the photographic techniques used to capture each memorable moment.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Simon Barnes is an award-winning sports columnist and novelist. Paul Wombell has been the director of the Photographers' Gallery in London since 1994.

FROM THE CRITICS

Vince Aletti - The Village Voice

You don't have to be a jock to fall for Sportscape, a massive slab of sports images...the range is far less myopic than the average American sports book, and the images have been chosen with an eye trained on art as well as action...many of their [the designers'] spreads are truly killer.

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