Sports Photography is a distinct genre of still photography, because it captures a moment of athleticism. It is defined by the action shot, which Rowe describes in his article "Framed and Mounted: Sport Through the Photographic Eye" is responsible for "reinforcing and conferring status on the elite sporting body by showing it doing the extraordinary things that so many people admire and envy." Sports photography displays a single moment of athletic distinction that makes the viewer stand in awe of the competitor and wish to either be a part of or witness that moment. The purpose of sports photography, like any other photography, is to draw the audience in.
To look for examples of Sports Photography, I visited
Sports Illustrated Online to look at their
Pictures Of The Week. Each photograph captures an intense moment--there is no photograph highlighted that is of a player or athlete merely spectating or waiting. The vast majority of the photographs were of male athletes engaging in intensely competitive confrontations, such as these...
Rowe comments in his article that there is a notable marginalization of women in sports media, which is made obvious by the fact that only 1/3 of sports photography is of women. Out of 18 photos of the week, only three depicted female athletes, all of whom are performing independently without direct interaction with a competitor..
Of the remaining 15 photos, 14 display men, with only one other exceptionally cute, marginalized form of athlete represented...
Woof. I'm sorry... If a puppy on a treadmill isn't the cutest thing you've ever seen, you're wrong.
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