Classic Baseball: The Photographs of Walter Iooss Jr.

by Dave Anderson

Book Overview

Following in the tradition of Abrams' classic Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon, which captured baseball between the wars, Walter looss Jr. here presents the definitive photographic vision of baseball - and the players that turned a game into an art - since the 1960's. Classic Baseball includes many never-before-published photographs from the 1960s, along with more famous images from looss's illustrious Sports Illustrated career. The book also features several marvelous collages made by the photographer in which he puts together a main image and assorted related pictures in a large and fascinating whole. There are also several portraits of looss's favorite ballparks, such as Connie Mack Stadium, Wrigley Field, and Tiger Stadium in Detroit.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810942585
• ISBN13: 9780810942585
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.3" x 10.8"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Baseball Show and Tell

This is an outstanding baseball book for all ages. Our son and his boys absolutely loved looking at the older players and stories to go along with the pictures. It is knowledgable and enjoyable.

Baseball IS my youth - and so many memories

I have been following baseball since the 1954 World Series - Willie Mays' catch - Dusty Rhodes' hits - and this book brings it all back - all the sounds - the smells - it is fabulous. "A picture is worth 1000 words?" These are worth a million