Mike O'Mahony: Photography and Sport Category_Lensbaby exotic aesthetic of the subject-matter

exotic aesthetic of the subject-matter

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The black and white photographs of this volume conspicuously favour close-up depictions of details as opposed to general views: leftover items

both big and small

This publication showcases his At the Heart of It All series

Mike O'Mahony: Photography and Sport Category_Lensbaby exotic aesthetic of the subject-matterFrom the inception of the Daguerreotype in 1839, photography has been widely deployed to document sports as an important social activity. In the earliest days, these photos took the form of staged genre scenes and portraiture, but as technical capabilities developed, new vistas of visual possibilities opened up, and photography was increasingly used to explore the high speed movement of bodies in action. The sporting photograph has emerged as a