Fantography Explained

Fantography is a web-based social media project that provides a forum for baseball fans to view, share and discuss their amateur photographs of baseball scenes and baseball players.[1] The website (www.fantography.net) was founded by former San Diego Padres executive and current Acme Sports Marketing president Andy Strasberg,[2] whose inspiration came in part from a 1960s photo of himself as a teenager at Yankee Stadium with his idol Roger Maris.[3] There are two established guidelines for Fantography submissions: first, player images must not be in an action-shot format, and second, all images must have been taken by amateur photographers rather than professionals.[4]

So far, Strasberg has collected (or "harvested" in Fantography parlance) more than 6,000 photos[5] that span the 1930s up through today, including a cigar-smoking Babe Ruth in street clothes with his daughter,[6] an on-field Howard Cosell interviewing pitcher Vida Blue,[7] and a mid-autograph Roberto Clemente peering up to meet the camera's lens.[8] One contributing "Fantographer" is well-known sportscaster and political pundit Keith Olbermann.[9] A touring exhibit of the Fantography collection has shown in San Diego, CA, and Tucson, AZ, as well as at Kentucky's Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY.[10] Ultimately, Strasberg intends to publish the best Fantography submissions in a coffee table book.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cooper . Tony . Fantography on Display at San Diego Central Library . SanDiego.com . 23 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110324164444/http://www.sandiego.com/news/fantology-on-display-at-san-diego-central-library . 24 March 2011 .
  2. Web site: Rowe. Peter. 'Fantography' Exhibit: Priceless Lineup of Padres Fan Photos. The San Diego Union Tribune (SignOnSanDiego.com). 10 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Civin. Todd. Fantography: The Photographic Diary of the Fan's Love of Baseball. Bleacher Report. 16 November 2009.
  4. Web site: Rowe. Peter. 'Fantography' Exhibit: Priceless Lineup of Padres Fan Photos. The San Diego Union Tribune (SignOnSanDiego.com). 10 April 2011.
  5. Web site: Milani . Jerry . Saving Fan Photos One At a Time . Baseball Digest . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131141639/http://www.baseballdigest.com/2011/01/26/saving-fan-photos-one-at-a-time/ . 31 January 2011 .
  6. Web site: Rowe. Peter. 'Fantography' Exhibit: Priceless Lineup of Padres Fan Photos. The San Diego Union Tribune (SignOnSanDiego.com). 10 April 2011.
  7. Web site: Milani . Jerry . Saving Fan Photos One At a Time . Baseball Digest . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131141639/http://www.baseballdigest.com/2011/01/26/saving-fan-photos-one-at-a-time/ . 31 January 2011 .
  8. Web site: Milani . Jerry . Saving Fan Photos One At a Time . Baseball Digest . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131141639/http://www.baseballdigest.com/2011/01/26/saving-fan-photos-one-at-a-time/ . 31 January 2011 .
  9. Web site: Rowe. Peter. 'Fantography' Exhibit: Priceless Lineup of Padres Fan Photos. The San Diego Union Tribune (SignOnSanDiego.com). 10 April 2011.
  10. Web site: Cooper . Tony . Fantography on Display at San Diego Central Library . SanDiego.com . 23 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110324164444/http://www.sandiego.com/news/fantology-on-display-at-san-diego-central-library . 24 March 2011 .
  11. Web site: Fantography Exhibit: Fans Share Favorite Photos. KFMB-TV CBS 8. 8 February 2010.

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