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
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/
For editors too, life can fall into a regular pattern. First, arrive at the office two hours before the start of the game and make sure all the technology works, and that tests have been received from the photographers.
Then, with three other colleagues, look at between 12,000 and 20,000 frames per game, select the right pictures and make sure the captions and image quality are good (all while trying to block out the sound of drilling from builders in the next room… See video).
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.
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.
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/05/14/fearless-riders-the-child-jockeys-of-indonesia/#1
Indonesian photographer Romi Perbawa has spent four years documenting the child racers of Sumbawa Island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Held at the end of the rice-harvesting season, which usually falls between April and July, these races often involve children as young as 5 years old, with the horses they ride regularly racing at incredibly high speeds.
This is a fundraiser to produce “Weird Sports 2,” a photo book by German fine art publisher Kehrer Verlag.
via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/308589421/weird-sports-2-the-photo-book
For too long, I feel the narrow definition of sports has been limited to professional leagues and Olympic competitions, folks with monster builds and monster salaries. Sports is to be taken seriously, for the serious athlete.
Does it really need to be that way?
Baseball is unique in the sports world. Unlike other team sports, which often constitute a battle over territory relying on brute force, baseball is…
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/03/04/bull_city_summer_documents_a_season_at_the_ballpark_with_the_durham_bulls.html
The project “Bull City Summer,” which documents the 2013 season of the North Carolina–based triple-A minor league team the Durham Bulls, explores these qualities of the game with contributions from 10 international photographers. “I think there’s more poetry in baseball than any other sport,” said Sam Stephenson, the project’s director.. “Baseball is more subtle,” he said
Link: Dispatches from Sochi: One-Man-Band
In another age they might have been called a “lone gunman” or a “band of gypsies.” Every Olympics has them, photographers from newspapers covering the biggest sports event on the planet…working alone, covering their hometown athletes, traveling from venue to venue, often in a group. But there is no mistaking that they are a long way from home, working alone.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/02/2014-sochi-winter-olympics-comes-to-a-close/100687/
Collected below are images of the last days of competition, and last night’s closing ceremony
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2014/02/super-bowl-view-from-the-stands.html#slide_ss_0=1
We sent Lauren Lancaster to MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to photograph the spirit of the crowd at Super Bowl XLVIII
Photographers John Biever, Heinz Kluetmeier and Damian Strohmeyer explain how they captured some of the most priceless images in the history of the NFL.
via ESPN.com: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10391222
Photographers John Biever, Heinz Kluetmeier and Damian Strohmeyer explain how they captured some of the most priceless images in the history of the NFL.
Link: Rutger Pauw: Capturing the Essence of Athleticism « The Leica Camera
The advantage of being part of a certain sport helps in regard to communicating with people; you know how dangerous or painful something can be. It also teaches you what angles definitely NOT to choose, which is important. The tricky part is being so much a part of something that it’s easy to miss the beauty of small things in your surroundings, because they’ve become part of everyday life
Nearly every sports photographer dreams of being on the field covering marquee events like the Super Bowl or the Olympics. Veteran photographer Peter Read Miller has been living that dream for longer than many of his colleagues have been alive, and he wan
Nearly every sports photographer dreams of being on the field covering marquee events like the Super Bowl or the Olympics. Veteran photographer Peter Read Miller has been living that dream for longer than many of his colleagues have been alive, and he wants to teach the kids everything he knows.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/01/the-2014-dakar-rally/100662/
On January 5, 431 teams began the annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through South America. The vehicles — which include specialized cars, trucks, motorcycles, and quadbikes — are traversing extremely challenging territory between Rosario, Argentina, and Valparaíso, Chile. One racer and two members of the press have died so far in separate incidents. As the participants depart the Uyuni Salt Flats today, here is a look at Dakar 2014 in progress. [38 photos]
Shaun White cut his hair, changed his clothes and became a businessman. Now if only he could master that pesky triple cork.
Much congratulating ensued, some of it in truly excellent snowboarder slang, including the phrase “mahalo, bitches.” Of course, several of the cameras recording this moment were doing so for the documentary, whose sale White was celebrating, but nobody commented on the weirdness. The extreme-sports world long ago shed the distinction between produced and authentic images. To care about such things makes a person seem uptight and antagonistic.
