Episode 29: Gail Buckland and Who Shot Sports

Gail Buckland is an author, educator and curator of photography. She has held the position of curator of the Royal Photographic society of Great Britain as well as the Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cooper Union. She is the author and collaborator on fourteen books of photography and history and the curator of a number of photography exhibitions. Her book Who Shot Sports is paired with an exhibition of the same name that was first shown at the Brooklyn museum. Who Shot Sports is a survey of sports photography from the invention of the camera to almost present day. Gail Buckland honors the men and women from around the world who make compelling imagery of sports, often exerting themselves, thinking critically, and always composing the most thoughtful images. The pictures in the bookrange from portraits of athletes to abandoned Olympic sites to the pensive inbetween moments of preparation and recovery. The collection of images is both beautiful and educational and makes you think more about the artists behind the each photograph.  Please don't forget, if you are local to Southern Arizona, you can pick up a copy of Who Shot Sports at any of the six Bookman's locations.  To read more about Gail and see more of her work, click here