Sports Through the Lens : Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Maureen M.

Contributor:

Nathan, Daniel A.

Fields, Sarah K.

Series:

Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports Series

Language:

English

Genre:

Essays.

Documentary photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2025.

Summary:

The stories behind and legacies of important sports photos from the last 130 years. Ever since photography and professional sports originated in the nineteenth century, photographers have shaped how we perceive sports. Sports through the Lens collects essays by twenty-five historians that consider what it means to capture and revisit a moment of cultural significance in sports, looking at each photo’s creation, its contexts, and how its meaning has shifted over time. Some essays provide fresh perspectives on such iconic images as Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston at their 1965 rematch and Michael Jordan soaring at the 1988 NBA All-Star Game slam dunk competition; others introduce readers to the lesser-known stories of the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon or the inaugural World Indigenous Games. The authors examine the photos' legacies alongside the artistry of both the athletes and the photographers. Reflecting on images of athletes from around the world engaged in sports from baseball to horse-racing to hockey, Sports through the Lens provides a wide-ranging meditation on the visual, historical, and cultural meaning of sports photographs.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. The Making of a Non- Iconic Sports Photograph: John Hemment's Salvator v. Tenny

2. The Slide: Ty Cobb Steals Third

3. The Long Count: Dempsey and Tunney

4. "Some are Easy and Some are tough- That's all There is to It": Nickolas Muray's Portrait of Babe Ruth

5. Woman in White With an Outstretched arm: Helene Mayer, 1936

6. The Odd Couple: althea Gibson and alice Marble, Forest Hills, 1950

7. Willie Mays and the Catch Heard 'Round the World

8. Jackie Robinson: Safe at Home

9. Alan ameche from the One: The 1958 NFL Championship Game

10. The Moment of Truth: Ali-Liston II

11. When Push Came to Shove: Kathrine Switzer, Jock Semple, and the Boston Marathon

12. Perched Valor: The Black Power Photograph That Exposed injustice and Transformed Generations

13. The Unbearable Lightness of Being Broadway Joe: Joe Namath in Fort Lauderdale, 1969

14. Secretariat at the Belmont

15. "Henderson has Scored for Canada": Photographing Canadian Nationalism

16. U.S. vs. Them: american Nationalism and Sports Illustrated's Famous Cover Image of the Miracle on Ice

17. Time Stamping Centre Court: Borg at Wimbledon

18. The Art of Fernando Valenzuela: Baseball and Chicanx Culture in California

19. Michael Jordan at the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest: The NBA and Nike Take Flight in the New Gilded age

20. Sovereign Celebration: Cathy Freeman, 1994

21. Moment of Victory: Brandi Chastain and the 1999 World Cup

22. Play Ball: Mo'ne Davis and the Visualization of athletic Girlhood in Sports Illustrated

23. To Dream again: The Founding of Nifa and The First World indigenous Women's Soccer Champions

24. Kaepernick's Cliché

25. The Hug: Finding a Community's Future on the Pitch

Acknowledgments

Contributors.

Photo Credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781477330715

1477330712

9781477330708

1477330704

OCLC:

1484073739