Category: Sports
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The 2015 Dakar Rally – The Atlantic
The 2015 Dakar Rally Leaving Buenos Aires on January 4, more than 500 competitors started the annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/01/the-2015-dakar-rally/384478/ Leaving Buenos Aires on January 4, more than 500 competitors started the annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through Argentina, Chile, and…
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Moment of Truth | Longform – SI.com
Moment of Truth There was no action in the TCU locker room before the 1957 Cotton Bowl, but what Marvin Newman photographed there is as close to the essence of sports as anything that happens on a playing field via Sports Illustrated Longform: http://www.si.com/longform/cotton-bowl/index.html#full There was no action in the TCU locker room before the…
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Maryland Photographer Patrick Smith || Photoblog || Patrick@PatrickSmithPhotos.Com: Best of 2014 | Sports
Patrick Smith Best of 2014 | Sports Much like last year, the days, weeks and months I spent shooting once again revolved heavily around the world of sports. From local venues – and spanning across the country to California and Texas – and Florida more than six times – it has been an amazing journey.
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The Art of the Personal Project: Mark Laita | A Photo Editor
The Art of the Personal Project: Mark Laita – A Photo Editor As a former Art Producer, I have always been drawn to personal projects because they are the sole vision of the photographer and not an extension of an art director, photo editor, or graphic designer. This new column, “The Art of the Personal…
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Katrina Arnold photographs New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling tournaments.
Babe Lincoln, Amelia Armheart, Ruth Hater Ginsburg : Ladies Who Arm Wrestle When Katrina Arnold photographed a ladies arm wrestling brawl in New Orleans a few years ago, she was instantly hooked. The raucous events, which are… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/12/03/katrina_arnold_photographs_new_orleans_ladies_arm_wrestling_tournaments.html When Katrina Arnold photographed a ladies arm wrestling brawl in New Orleans a few…
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Eight Seconds to Glory: Growing Up in the Rodeo
Eight Seconds to Glory: Growing Up in the Rodeo The photographer Jonno Rattman was on hand at this year’s finals to capture the competitors, many pint-sized, as they jockeyed for position
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This Sports Photographer Missed an Incredible Catch and Got Fired… Except He Didn’t… and He Didn’t
This Sports Photographer Missed an Incredible Catch and Got Fired… Except He Didn’t… and He Didn’t “I got fired on Twitter last night.” That’s how NJ.com photographer Andrew Mills starts his side of a story that went viral on social media two days ago. via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/11/26/sports-photographer-missed-incredible-catch-got-fired-except-didnt-didnt/ “I got fired on Twitter last night.” That’s…
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Bonding Brutally With Russia Soccer Superfans – NYTimes.com
Bonding Brutally With Russia Soccer Superfans
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Video: Football Player Falls On and Snaps Canon Telephoto Lens in Half on the Sideline
Video: Football Player Falls On and Snaps Canon Telephoto Lens in Half on the Sideline While diving for a catch at the back of end zone during today’s game against Kansas State, Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard landed on something via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/18/video-football-player-falls-snaps-canon-telephoto-lens-half-sideline/ Over the last 3 years, I’ve collected stories of families where justice…
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Photographer Rushes Onto the Field and Gets in Ref’s Face During College Football Game
Photographer Rushes Onto the Field and Gets in Ref’s Face During College Football Game After a ‘catastrophic’ missed call during the Alabama/Ole Miss college football game last night on CBS, one of the photographers at the game decided he via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/05/photographer-rushes-onto-field-gets-refs-face-college-football-game/ After a ‘catastrophic’ missed call during the Alabama/Ole Miss college football game last…
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THE (NEW) BUCS | Redlights and Redeyes
THE (NEW) BUCS I’m hired to shoot everything but the action, and that is totally fine by me. My goal is to capture this team and the game from a unique perspective which is often with the same access that every fan and sports shooter has. I just try to make the freaking best out…
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Surfing Alaska’s Bore Tide – In Focus – The Atlantic
Surfing Alaska’s Bore Tide via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/08/surfing-alaskas-bore-tide/100787/ Getty Images photographer Streeter Lecka was recently lucky enough to spend six days on Turnagain Arm, photographing the brave souls who venture out onto the mudflats to ride these waves
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Relive the 2014 World Cup in 99 Seconds of Stop-Motion Awesomeness
Relive the 2014 World Cup in 99 Seconds of Stop-Motion Awesomeness The World Cup is over. Germany came out victorious over Argentina, with a final that managed to bring in an estimated 26.5 million in the US, alone. But via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/07/16/stop-motion-animation-the-world-cup-highlighted-in-99-seconds/ The above video, put together by The Guardian photographer Jonny Weeks, takes a…
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Soccer in Brazil, and Outside the World’s Glare
Soccer in Brazil, and Outside the World’s Glare Mauricio Lima went to remote villages, up the river and even to a prison, to document his countrymen’s passion for the sport, as well as their lives, during the World Cup. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world-cup-brazil-mauricio-lima-lens-blog-worlds-glare/ Mauricio Lima has been in Brazil for the World Cup. Not exactly…
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Nowhere to Go: Chronicling Soccer’s Human Trafficking Problem | TIME
Chronicling Soccer’s Human Trafficking Problem Photographer Jason Andrew’s photos reveals the sordid underbelly of the world’s most popular sport in Turkey and West Africa via Time: http://time.com/2964428/human-trafficking-soccer-football/ In his series of photographs “Black Diamonds,” Jason Andrew chronicles the human trafficking of African soccer players from Nigeria to Istanbul by an assortment of scouts and unlicensed…
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The 2014 World Cup, Part II – In Focus – The Atlantic
The 2014 World Cup, Part II via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/07/the-2014-world-cup-part-ii/100772/ Gathered here are images from the last group of games, and some of the fans riding the emotional rollercoaster of cheering for their teams as they battled in Brazil, anticipating this weekend’s final two matches.
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On the Sidelines of the Tour de France
On the Sidelines of the Tour de France Every Tour de France, spectators stake out their spots to catch a glimpse of the peloton as cyclists race past the countryside. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/on-the-sidelines-of-the-tour-de-france/ Mr. Cipriani’s decision not to stop, or even slow down, to take his photographs was based on both artistry and practicality
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On the Sidelines of the Brazil World Cup | Photographers’ Blog
On the Sidelines of the Brazil World Cup As national soccer teams and the photographers who have been covering them start to trickle home from the Brazil World Cup, it’s time to revisit the “On the Sidelines” project. This initiative was billed as a chance for photographers to share “their own q via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/07/07/on-the-sidelines-of-the-brazil-world-cup/…
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The 2014 World Cup, Part I – In Focus – The Atlantic
The 2014 World Cup, Part I via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/06/the-2014-world-cup-part-i/100761/ I have never seen another camera that can compete with this camera’s low-light ability. I would use it happily at 20,000 ISO and even up to about 50,000 ISO.
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Horse Racing Fades in Italy
Horse Racing Fades in Italy Over the last decade, many of Italy’s racetracks have closed, taking with them thousands of jobs and memories of a once-heralded sport. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/horse-racing-fades-in-italy/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 The immaculate racetracks of Naples loomed like coliseums in the mind of Marco Casino.