Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball
by Neil Leifer, Eric Knoll (Editor), Ron Shelton (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3822845507
- ISBN 13
- 9783822845509
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NY: Taschen, 2008. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 293 pages in color. This superb collection of 60s and 70s baseball images commemorates the sport’s finest moments via the lens of legendary sports photographer Neil Leifer Professional baseball of the 1960s and 1970s belongs to Neil Leifer, the premier sports photographer of his generation. In 1960, at age 17, Neil had the human drive to match his new Nikon motor drive and he was on his way. With gumption and an eye for the decisive moment, the baby-faced kid from Manhattan’s lower east side was soon selling his photos to Sports Illustrated. This superb collection of images reflects the total access Neil had to the players on the ball field, in the dugout, and in the locker room. All the pathos, elation, disappointment, and celebration are etched upon the faces of the players and their mercurial fans.From the 1960 World Series between the Yankees and the Pirates - decided in the 9th inning of the 7th game by a Bill Mazeroski home run - to the 1977 Series between the Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Neil Leifer never stopped shooting. He was up in the nosebleed section of the grandstands in Yankee Stadium, in the rafters of the Astrodome in Houston, or a helicopter high above.Who won the games wasn’t important - only how the game was played. The blood, sweat, and grace. It’s all about the game, and Leifer’s photographs create a topographical map to the very heart and soul of baseball. Featuring over 300 photos, the book is divided into four chapters: The Game; the Heroes - like Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, and pitcher Sandy Koufax; the Rivalry (infamously, between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox and the Giants and Dodgers); and the World Series championship. Record # 378524
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 378524
- Title
- Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball
- Author
- Neil Leifer, Eric Knoll (Editor), Ron Shelton (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- ISBN 10
- 3822845507
- ISBN 13
- 9783822845509
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Photography, sports, , .
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