THE PLAYERS by Mark Steinmetz [FIRST EDITION / SIGNED]

アメリカ人フォトグラファー、マーク・シュタインメッツ(Mark Steinmetz)による作品集。1986年から90年に渡って思春期や10代を中心とした野球少年たちを撮影しており、彼らが試合中のグラウンドやベンチで野球に没頭している姿を見ることができる。作者が持つ独特の優しさやユーモア、ヒューマニズムが色濃くあわられており、繊細な自然光や詩的な描写が丁寧に写されている。

「 6歳から13歳までの少年たち、あともう少し年上の子たちも写っている。シュタインメッツは、その年代の子たちの身体がどれほど出来上がっておらず居心地が悪いものだと覚えているに違いない。このシリーズの至るところでその感情移入を見つけることができる。洗練された動きや技術、必要とされる集中力を備えるには殆どの子供が若すぎるし、過酷なスポーツをプレイする中で、自分たちに素質があり、優れた野球選手であることに気づいた上で純粋に喜びを感じるにはまだ未熟過ぎる。飛ぶフライ球を追いかけて子供達が突っ込んでいく。ヒットを打つ技術を意識するよりもスイングをすることを意識する。 シュタインメッツは、グラウンドでプレイをする選手よりも、外側で出番を待っていたり休んでいる子達に注意を向けている。さらにマネージャーや、試合もしくは選手が好きでさもなければただ午後を楽しむために来ている観客にも興味がある。ハイタッチや『何考えているんだよ』と相手を責めるような瞬間も見逃さない。選手のあらゆる技術や品位の欠如も写真に収めてしまう。」― アン・タッカー

The Players, it long-awaited publication presents 73 of Steinmetz's photographs of adolescent and teenaged baseball players, on the field and in the dugout, focused on the game and lost in their own worlds. Made between 1986 and 1990, the photographs are classic Steinmetz: tenderness, humor, and humanism are all present here, as is Steinmetz's exquisite use of natural light and attention to poetic detail.

The kids in Steinmetz's photographs are ages 6 to 13, with a few older boys. Steinmetz must remember how awkward and uncoordinated bodies that age can be. His empathy is evident throughout the series. Most of these kids are too young to have the grace, skill or concentration required and are too green to experience the sheer pleasure of knowing they are good, maybe really good, ballplayers in an unforgiving sport. These kids run into each other in pursuit of a fly ball. Hope drives their swings more than their awareness of the art of hitting...Steinmetz concentrates less on the players in the field than those outside the base lines who are waiting to play, or cooling off. He observes the managers as well as the spectators who love the game or one of the players, or who just have a free afternoon. He sees “high fives” as well as the “what were you thinking” moments. His photographs have all the skill and grace lacking in the players.” &mdash from the Introduction by Anne Tucker

by Mark Steinmetz

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hardcover 
92 pages
267 x 279 mm
black and white
limited edition of 1,000 copies
2015

FIRST EDITION
SIGNED BY MARK STEINMETZ

published by NAZRAELI PRESS

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