About the Author:
Eric Payson was born in Brooklyn and received a BA in Political Science from Tulane University, New Orleans. His photographs have been exhibited in New York, and are in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Judy McGrath Collection, New York; and the Mark and Jane Nathenson Collection, Los Angeles. Payson has also created three films, Gulf War (1991), Up the Hudson (1993), and Just Two Days (1994), a Vatican Memorial for the Holocaust. Robert Sobieszek is a curator of Photography at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. For over 30 years, he has lectured and published widely on the art and history of photography, and has organized over 50 exhibitions.
From Library Journal:
Photographer Payson's first book is a collection of 59 full-page photographs (50 in color) of a girls' softball team, the Bobcats, that plays in Tucson. There are no captions; the only text is a two-page essay by Robert Sobieszek, curator of photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A few images depict game action, but most picture the teenage girls and their coaches off-field practicing, on the bench, and horsing around. Night games under the lights have an eerie glow; a player smiles proudly while getting her scraped elbow mended; another player wipes her mouth with her T-shirt. Players high-five each other or playfully flex their biceps; pitchers unleash their fastballs. In the end, these crisp, matte photos suggest what belonging to a team is all about. A good choice for comprehensive sports or contemporary photography collections.
Kathy Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
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