Neil Leifer, Baseball - Ballet in the Dirt - Reviews
| “Pubblicata dall’immancabile TASCHEN Verlag, Baseball – Ballet in the Dirt, del fotogiornalista Neil Leifer, è una affascinante monografia illustrata, che racconta gli anni Sessanta e Settanta dello sport popolare più amato negli Stati Uniti. Oltre la professionalità, quanto amore trasuda da queste pagine. Indipendentemente dal soggetto, che può non interessare tutti, se ne faccia tesoro individuale. … Questa superba collezione d’immagini di baseball sottolinea i momenti più belli dello sport, attraverso la mediazione di un leggendario fotogiornalista specializzato.”— FOTOgraphia, Milano, Italy | |
| "Lo más encantador de este libro es que retrata la vida cotidiana del béisbol en la época en que los jugadores no estaban metidos en líos con esteroides, o en que agarraban el bate con las medias hasta las rodillas y macaban chicle o tabaco o lo que sea que mascaran para recibir el lanzamiento del pitcher."— Don Juan, Bogotá, Colombia | |
| "It doesn't get any better than the cover of this oversized beauty: A triumphant Don Drysdale coming off the field under a brilliant Dodger Stadium sky, having just beaten the Yankees 1-0 in the World Series, to which the scoreboard in the background attests... It's all here, and it's beautiful. It's pricey, but it belongs on your shelf or coffee table. You'll smile back at Drysdale every time you look at the cover."— SignOnSanDiego.com, San Diego, United States | |
| "A hefty limited-edition coffee table book festooned with gorgeous snapshots from the 1950s and 60s. It had a list price of $400, but some souped-up copies went for as much as $700; a much more democratic, paperback edition was released a few months ago for a reasonable $49.95."— New Jersey Jewish News, New Jersey, United States | |
| "Looking through Ballet in the Dirt you can almost smell the hot dogs, and feel the anticipation with every pitch, as the summer sun sizzles overhead. Neil Leifer's photographs pay tribute to the good old days of baseball."— Shelf Life, Los Angeles, United States | |
| "Covering almost 19 years of the best baseball photography ever, Ballet in the Dirt is perfect for either baseball or photography fans. If you or someone you know is both, this is the book for you. Or them."— Sacramento Book Review, Sacramento, United States | |
| "Le base-ball professionnel évoque les années 60 et 70 aux baby-boomers de ce monde. Ayant grandi près d'une ville aux trois grandes équipes, Eric Kroll ne vivait que pour les Giants au stade Polo Grounds, les New York Yankees au Yankee Stadium et les Brooklyn Burns (les Dodgers) à Ebbets Field. Cette ébullition a été immortalisée sur pellicule par le photographe sportif majeur de cette génération, Neil Leifer. C'est son base-ball que celui de ces deux décennies. Ce superbe recueil d'images révèle la proximité dont Neil put disposer avec les joueurs, sur le terrain, dans la tranchée, dans les vestiaires. Toute la palette des émotions y transparaît sur le visage des joueurs et de leurs supporters."— ffbsc.org, France | |
| "Le photographe américain culte Neil Leifer publie une anthologie collector du base-ball. (…) Au fil des pages, on découvre des images sublimes du jeu: pirouettes vertigineuses, collisions violentes et chutes dans la terre mais aussi les coulisses de ce sport roi à travers des clichés presque volés, dans les vestiaires et les tranchées. Déjà culte, Ballet in The Dirt est un véritable objet d’art, uniquement disponible en édition limitée à 1000 exemplaires, signée et numérotée par Leifer."— Sport&Style/L’Equipe, Paris, France | |
Amor di BaseballFOTOgraphia, Italy, May 01, 2010 |
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Home Run!Don Juan, Colombia, November 01, 2009 |
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Neil Leifer, Baseball - Ballet in the Dirt
Neil Leifer, Gabriel Schechter, Ron Shelton, Eric Kroll
Hardcover, 12.2 x 10.1 in., 296 pages, $ 39.99 |
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Neil Leifer, Golden Age of American Football, Art Ed. B (Ameche) Hardcover in slipcase, 15.6 x 13.0 in., 350 pages, $ 1,800 The most memorable moments since the birth of pro football in America. Limited edition of 100 copies |