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Athlete
One of the great photographers of the human form turns his camera lens toward athletes from a variety of sports fields, capturing spectacular images of Alonzo Mourning, Alan Houston, Stephon Marbury, and many others.
- GenresNonfiction
256 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2002
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June 21, 2024
The scope is huge. Racquet sports, stopwatch sports, field/court sports, you see them all. It's also beautifully printed with deep blacks and with great image scale. Reading it with elbows on the table might be too close.
Many of the images are familiar to me on Schatz's website. No single photograph really blows me away. Since Howard recruits athletes into his studio, almost each image is taken away from the environment. There are very few environmental portraits/photographs here.
I would like to see Schatz lean into the clinical image more. The most impressive image of his is the expansive chart of athletes, their sports and their weight. You see smaller, specific versions at each of the section heads.
Many of the images are familiar to me on Schatz's website. No single photograph really blows me away. Since Howard recruits athletes into his studio, almost each image is taken away from the environment. There are very few environmental portraits/photographs here.
I would like to see Schatz lean into the clinical image more. The most impressive image of his is the expansive chart of athletes, their sports and their weight. You see smaller, specific versions at each of the section heads.
October 29, 2013
five of these amazing amazing photos stood out to me.
the two titled Athletes Standing, one is of men the other women, just athletes from different sports standing next to one another show the different body types that make up the art of sport.
Olga Karmanski, a gymnast stretched between two chairs, showhow amazing her body is (and ours isn't).
Tobey Gifford v. serious while exercising in one photo and filled w/joy as she jumps in the next. the workouts are work but the sport is play and freedom.
a multiple exposure of swimmer Inge DeBruin as a flower.
and the gymnast jumping in front of the american flag, and the bicylist's thighs and...
the two titled Athletes Standing, one is of men the other women, just athletes from different sports standing next to one another show the different body types that make up the art of sport.
Olga Karmanski, a gymnast stretched between two chairs, showhow amazing her body is (and ours isn't).
Tobey Gifford v. serious while exercising in one photo and filled w/joy as she jumps in the next. the workouts are work but the sport is play and freedom.
a multiple exposure of swimmer Inge DeBruin as a flower.
and the gymnast jumping in front of the american flag, and the bicylist's thighs and...
January 9, 2016
I'm a character designer and a comic book artist and illustrator.
This book, for me, is one of the greatest anatomy studies of bodies in movement and at rest ever made.
Focusing on Athletes with different genders, body types and builds, it's fantastic for understanding the way the body moves, with unconventionally dynamic models.
Also Howard Schatz is an outstanding photographer.
For artists out there, I truly recommend it.
This book, for me, is one of the greatest anatomy studies of bodies in movement and at rest ever made.
Focusing on Athletes with different genders, body types and builds, it's fantastic for understanding the way the body moves, with unconventionally dynamic models.
Also Howard Schatz is an outstanding photographer.
For artists out there, I truly recommend it.
November 10, 2008
Coffee-table book with really cool photos of athletes.
April 20, 2023
Great art book for studying various bodies and body types.
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