La Coupe du monde 2010, accueillie par l'Afrique du Sud, est le premier événement sportif mondial qui aura lieu sur le continent. A cette occasion, ce livre de photographies témoigne de la relation d'amour des Africains au football et, au-delà, de l'imagination et de l'énergie de la terre africaine. ©Electre 2025
It was Christmas 2008 when the project was born. I was just back from Madagascar exploring the concept of 'Imperfection'.
And then Mark, my mad father, said: "What with the World Cup being staged in South Africa in eighteen months' time, why don't you photograph grassroots footie in Africa, in your own unique way, and we will publish a book to show the world the importance and authenticity of football in Africa?"
My father loves football and we both love Africa.
I was very keen on taking a different look at the meaning of football to this continent. There was no real planning for the nine month trip. Nothing had been pre-arranged. So I got on a flight to Cape Town from Brussels.
With me was a Hasselblad with one 80 mm lens, 300 rolls of film, a digital camera, my log book, a mini printer and a stock of new footballs, all packed into a old VW Beetle equipped with a roof rack, three spare tyres, two jerry cans and a higher suspension.
15,000 kms later I returned the car to Cape Town. Then I set off to Accra, Ghana, where I got a Nissan Vanette. I built a bed for the inside. I had four boxes; one for footballs, one for food and the other two for clothes and film. This mobile home took me 5000 kms across six countries in West Africa.
Throughout the trip I had exchanged manufactured footballs for homemade ones. Back in South Africa, I found myself with thirty-five such balls and realised the extent to which they represented the essence of my trip and the heart of the project.
Paru le : 01/06/2010
Thématique : Sports collectifs
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Jessica Hilltout
Éditeur(s) :
Livre Amen
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Auteur : Ian Brower - Préfacier :
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-0-620-46667-7
EAN13 : 9780620466677
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 208
Hauteur: 33.0 cm / Largeur 26.0 cm
Épaisseur: 1.4 cm
Poids: 700 g
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