Review of Mike O'Mahony, Photography and Sport
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
2-9-2020
Department 1
English
Abstract
Writing in the academic journal Historical Social Research, Mike O'Mahony, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of Bristol, observes, "Sport, as a cultural manifestation, might be regarded as primarily a visual experience. … Yet, whilst the material legacy of sport's visual culture provides an extensive and highly valuable resource for research, this has to date been largely untapped" (28). O'Mahony's new book, Photography and Sport, an Exposures monograph published by Reaktion Books, taps that resource. Exposures has published twenty-two editions to date that explore photography from thematic perspectives. O'Mahony makes a strong case for sport as a visual experience, from the beginning of photography to the digital age. [excerpt]
Recommended Citation
Ryan, Jack. “O'Mahony, Photography and Sport.” The Sport Literature Association, February 9, 2020. https://tmorris.utasites.cloud/sla/br200209.html.