Sports Photo: Week 3

Today i discovered the photographer Sandro Miller and i fell in love with him a little bit. He does portraits and documentary etc. but he has significant body of sports portraits and work and they are beautiful. His stuff is bold but quiet and is genuine and moody. He also has done a whole book on the bull matadors in Spain and the book is really awesome. I was actually really quite lucky and was given a copy by an amazingly sweet woman. I love the emotion that he captures and thrusts out into the world through his portraiture. His tones and lighting are also beautiful. Sandro had a few images of fencers as well which got me excited just in terms of me thinking about how slight inspirations for my kendo project. There are portraits of the fencers with their masks and head gear on and you can see their faces through the masks. I really like that. Both his black and white work and his color work are great. His color is actually really pretty. I love Sandro's work because i feel as though it has peace and power at the same time.

Sports Photo Week 2

This is a photograph of John Clay by photographer Morry Gash. I just think it is an amazing shot even though i don't even like football, because of his beautiful use of reflection. It says so much. it shows the intensity of the game and each player's role as a lone person on the field that has to get their shit done for the team. it shows his point of view and his view of the game through his face mask while also hiding his face. It is so amazing how you can barely see his eyes. I just think that it is great shot and it it is framed beautifully and it is so different then all of the other sports photos that i see that pertain to main stream sports like this on the field with like press coverage stuff. as opposed to more intimate moments with them or whatever. Awesome photograph.

Sports Photo Week 1

so for my blog posts for this class, i kind of thought i would start by exploring some sports photographers and find some inspiration. i guess because i am not really a sports photographer myself and i am not what one would even expect to become one. however i see something in it that could make me a better photographer perhaps or perhaps help me develop who i am. or maybe just learn something new. i thought it was kind of funny that i asked tony after class to give me HIS top ten sports photographers and kind of like the hall of fame that i could be inspired by and start exploring. then right after that class i kind of had this book put in my lap of portraits of basketball players. they are beautiful. i was given the task of scanning the book and therefore now i have the fully scanned book and that is what i want to share right now..just a few selects of images that i like from the book.