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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

inspiration: magnum, sport

i'm not a huge fan of soccer/football, but i fall for the idea of it every time i watch this--it can't be embedded, so click here for the video.

the marriage of visuals to the soundtrack (those the terrific rhythms, the play by play) elevates it beyond a mere "promo" piece, and it showcases how stills, properly edited, can have as much impact as live-action (i can't seem to convince a few producers i work with of this).

anyway, i come back to this again and again.
hope you like it, too.

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here are few stills from the magnum photographers whose work is featured in the spot:

AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Playing football in an empty swimming pool on a hill surrounding Kabul.

Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos

GB. ENGLAND. Liverpool. A street off Scotland Road. September 1986.

Peter Marlow/Magnum Photos

CONGO. Brazzaville. March 5th. From left to right the French sound engineer Charles CARATINI, the Italian drummer Aldo ROMANO, and the French bassist Henri TEXIER and saxophonist Louis SCLAVIS.

Guy Le Querrec/Magnum Photos

Thursday, June 10, 2010

are you ready for some football?

love this puddle shot

all photos in this post from boston.com's big picture...more here...

i think i am.

i've been following rich's blog, read some nytimes articles and a tim howard feature in the new yorker, caught a little bit of lalas on espn. i declined an offer to join rich and t's world cup pool because that's one step above the level of involvement i'm prepared for right now. i really just want to watch a few key games, and read the reporting/blogs. (did you notice i like reading about sports?) there's a lot of really grand, slamming tennis coming up, and that will remain my priority.

but my WC essentials will be:

rich's previously mentioned "football fever" blog on men's health;

steve nash (on youtube and cbssports.com) because...i love him;

and george vecsey.

when i think of sportswriting about football/soccer he's the first person that comes to mind--he wrote a wonderful piece a few years back, lamenting the close of l'angolo cafe in the west village. at the time i'd been living down there and passed that place all the time, never knowing it was home to such a devoted band of football brothers. i might have developed a deeper love for the game (as opposed to the fever, every four years) if i'd been immersed in a proper setting? anyway, the article left an impression.

he's blogging this WC, and he's giving and asking readers for venue recommendations....

i suppose that's the other thing i'm looking forward to--meeting up with friends for food and drink. it's like a month of superbowl parties. maybe this year changes everything for me, and i stay on the bandwagon for good.

(maybe.)