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Football - Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson & Courtney McCracken
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- Photography is Nothing
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- Dec 31, 2025
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- 3189
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Summary
Episode 18 - In this episode Zach & Courtney talk about how football and photography came up together since the late 1800s. We can see how as the technology advanced, the style of photography changed as well. “Photography is nothing–it's life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson Index 0:00 - Film becomes the subject of the photo. 0:51 - Welcome to Photography is Nothing! Today we talk football. 2:34 - Watch the podcast for the full experience. 3:51 - The oldest football photo I could find. Old division football. 5:06 - Earliest football photos were mostly posed & portraits. 7:29 - Early action photos, college and professional football. 11:10 - A photo from the first football game at University of Oregon - 1905. 13:12 - 📷 Neil Leifer “The Greatest Game Ever Played” - 1958 NFL Championship . 16:01 - Neil Leifer’s contact sheet from the 1958 NFL Championship. 18:21 - 📷 Neil Leifer 1962 - Close up wide angle of game action. 19:43 - 📷 Neil Leifer and remote cameras. 20:46 - LIFE Magazine photos of the first Super Bowl. 1967. 26:30 - Walter Iooss, Jr. and manual focus on a telephoto lens. 28:29 - 📷 Walter Iooss, Jr. - Joe Namath, Poolside, Galt Ocean Mile Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1969. 31:52 - Photography is intertwined with our culture. 33:11 - How camera technology changed in the second half of the 20th century . 34:17 - 📷 Michael Zagaris behind the scenes photos of the 49ers. 36:56 - The portraits of Walter Iooss Jr. make athletes look historic. 38:32 - 📷 Richard Noble - Bo Jackson with football pads and baseball bat. 1987. 40:28 - 📷 Walter Iooss, Jr. - “The Catch” 49ers vs. Cowboys. 1982. 41:44 - How camera tech of today affects sports photography. 43:16 - Gear is a different conversation than the photos themselves. 46:52 - How to set yourself apart as…