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“Making Footballs Is as Tough as Making Touchdowns”

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Christopher George

Gene Badger, [Alex Grahn cutting leather shapes that will form the sides of a football], 1940 (2013.115.428) First step in the long process is to cut the leather in the proper shape. Alex Grahn, from Sweden, has been doing it … Continue reading →

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From Whence The Clouds They Came

Posted on June 25, 2014 by kostrom

Frank Wendt, Jump from the Clouds with the Aid of a Parachute, 1899 (2011.47.123) Robert Capa, [Student makes first jump from 300m, Parachute School, Paris], Fall 1935 (197.1992) Robert Capa, [French air force parachute school at Avignon-Pujaut], 1939 (2010.85.570) Martin … Continue reading →

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Football Fever

Posted on February 3, 2013 by jacquelinegilbert24

On February 3, millions of viewers will tune in to watch the Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in the Superbowl. How do you capture in a still image the intensity of watching a football game like the Superbowl … Continue reading →

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The Science of Sports

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Emily Korn

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903–1990) was given the 1987 ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement. Edgerton revolutionized photography in the 1930’s with his incorporation of strobe lights into the medium (an effect which essentially allowed split-second motion to be … Continue reading →

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