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Joe Dimaggio, Sandy Koufax, Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa: more than mere athletes, these men, with their superlative physical skills, grace under pressure, and all-too-human foibles, rank as classic American heroes. Here, world-famous photographer Walter Iooss Jr. presents equally classic images of baseball greats of the past 40 years. Combining nostalgic postwar-era portraits with action shots of today's most popular players, and enhanced by the commentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Anderson, Classic Baseball offers the definitive illustrated account of the sport since the 1960s.
Special features like a six-page gatefold, collages created by Iooss exclusively for the book, and several never-before-published images make this the natural follow-up to Abrams' top-selling Baseball's Golden Age. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classic Baseball : The Photographs of Walter Iooss Jr.'
Joe Dimaggio, Sandy Koufax, Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa: more than mere athletes, these men, with their superlative physical skills, grace under pressure, and all-too-human foibles, rank as classic American heroes. Here, world-famous photographer Walter Iooss Jr. presents equally classic images of baseball greats of the past 40 years. Combining nostalgic postwar-era portraits with action shots of today's most popular players, and enhanced by the commentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Anderson, Classic Baseball offers the definitive illustrated account of the sport since the 1960s.
Special features like a six-page gatefold, collages created by Iooss exclusively for the book, and several never-before-published images make this the natural follow-up to Abrams' top-selling Baseball's Golden Age. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diamond Dreams: Thirty Years of Baseball Through the Lens of Walter Iooss'
Baseball lends itself to nostalgic contemplation probably better than any other major league sport. Its players seem in retrospect like cult musicians from the golden age of jazz, complete with funky nicknames like "Pops," "Yaz," and "Eck." Maybe these aren't as elegant as "Bird" or "Trane," but to a true fan they carry the same choice familiarity. Diamond Dreams celebrates the legend of baseball with this kind of reverence and appreciation.
Walter Iooss, a Sports Illustrated photographer for over 30 years, captures what he calls in his introduction "a thread that has connected the various stages of my life, as well as my photographic career... baseball." As Iooss also says, "every shot has a story," and these photos of the absolute greats in the history of the game such as Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Brooks Robinson, Yogi Berra, Cal Ripken, Reggie Jackson, Ken Griffey, Jr. and many others provide glimpses of heroes in action as well as often intimate portraits of self-appointed gods and humble team players. Washington Post-based syndicated columnist Tom Boswell's accompanying prose adds an extra dimension every bit as revealing and poignant as the Iooss pictures. He bares tales from his own experience and observations over many years of following the game firsthand in the dugout trenches. In one passage he describes a scene he witnessed where then 45-year-old Sandy Koufax, working as a Dodger pitching coach, pitched "off the rubber" in a batting practice 45 minutes before a World Series game and threw so perfectly he almost destroyed "the confidence of the heart of the Dodger batting order" before another Dodger coach ran up and whispered something in his ear to end the session. Moments like this captured in both the photographs and the text, make Diamond Dreams a truly worthwhile book for anyone who might be what Boswell refers to as a "good baseball fan." --Walt Opie [via]
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A mainstay of Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr. ranks among the world's preeminent sports photographers. His newest collection, Gladiators, collects 175 photographs, most of them in color, celebrating the game of football. In his gritty and lyrical portraits of the game's greatest players and coaches, his candid studies of passionate fans and kids at play, and his sweeping panoramas of electrifying action shots, Iooss offers a vision of the game that is at once brutal and beautiful. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I'm Back!: More Rare Air'
When Michael Jordan decided to walk back onto the court to play his first game of basketball in over a year and a half, he announced only "I'm Back." The entire country took notice. His fans rejoiced and the Chicago Bulls began to think about another championship season. What basketball's greatest player been up to since he announced his retirement in 1993? In I'm Back: More Rare Air, Michael tells his own story about his life, basketball, his pursuit of a professional baseball career and the reasons for his triumphant, much-longed-for return. Smaller in size than Michael's bestselling 1993 photographic autobiography, Rare Air, this new book combines the story of pre- and post-retirement ... [via]
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Stunning full-color, never-before-published photographs, accompanied by Jordan's own thoughts and observations, provide a revealing look at what it means to be a sports legend, important moments in his life, and career highlights. 250,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. [via]
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