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Documenting the role of photographers and filmmakers in transforming sports from leisure activities to modern-day spectacle
THE SPORTS SHOW: Athletics as Image and Spectacle
By David E. Little
Minneapolis Institute of Arts | 304 pages | 2012
ISBN 978-0-8166-7937-9 | lithocase | $49.95
Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press
The Sports Show reveals in a dramatic way how photography, film, and new media transformed age-old leisure activities into the pop culture phenomena of sports of today. As it documents the work of innovative early photographers and filmmakers and their role in creating sports as we know it, the book spotlights the artistry and cultural significance of such a shift.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
David E. Little is curator and head of the Department of Photography and New Media at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
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