Prospects: A Portrait of Minor League Baseball

By David Deal

Prospects is a beautiful collection of black and white portraits of minor league baseball players, accompanied by text of the authors travels around the country to minor league parks. Filled with 62... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970852207
• ISBN13: 9780970852205
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Alter Communications Inc
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Very Informative and well written. Pictures are moving.

This pictorial and narrative account of minor league players and their journey is a must read. When the game was played for the love of it with no huge egos in the way is how you learn about the game the right way. Towns and communities are defined by the players, stadiums and fans which combined write history and chisel a place in American lore with these teams. Thanks for the opportunity to purchase and experiance this wonderful book.

Great Black & White Photo Book on Baseball

David Deal is a terrific photographer; you've seen his work in most major national magazines. He's not flashy, just good. He works with a 4x5" sheet-film view camera, in the eye of the digital capture storm. Prospects, however, was shot with a medium format Hasselblad 2-1/4 X 2-1/4" square-format SLR, handheld. Baseball is a great subject for B & W and Deal delivers the goods. If you love baseball and/or black-and-white photography, you should own this book. Also, if you love B & W, visit www.bwphotopro.com.

Great look into the world of the Minor Leagues

I bought this book for two reasons. First and foremost, my undying love for the game that, as a girl, I was forced to give up at the age of 15. Secondly, my love of black and white photography. Not only does David Deal capture the essence of the sport itself, but he captures the character of the "boys" who play it. Throughout the book, between pictures, are his personal accounts of travelling with the team, the interactions between teams and between teammates and more importantly of life at the minor league level. But I think the pictures tell more than the words, capturing a catcher's throw to second, the dirty ball in the hands of a player that could be anyone at any level, the joking between teammates, the pride on the face of the rookie and the catcher sitting in the dugout after a tough game. The pictures are phenomenal, all captivating in their own way. It's amazing how well Deal has captured the true nature of the game.

Powerful

You may not have heard of David Deal, but you will. Prospects: A Portrait of Minor League Baseball, cements him as one of the great photographic geniuses of our time. In this powerful, moving book Mr. Deal captures the bygone allure and glory of what was once America's favorite sport. His original photographs take us back to a day when sandlots all over America were teaming with kids dreaming of the big leagues. What's amazing is that this is not an anthology of old photographs - just the opposite. In this wholly original work, Mr. Deal captures tomorrow's big leaguers...today. His lens invites us into the world of minor league baseball and does so with ease and brilliance. These players are seldom noticed, rarely acknowledged. Mr. Deal does more than notice and acknowledge - he celebrates, elevates and glorifies them. And you will be moved to do the same. But this is more than a baseball book - it's a book about life, about dreams, about hope. Buy this book. Read this book. Share this book.

A strong and stirring book

This is a beautiful book, a celebration of baseball and a tribute to those who strive and struggle in any this or any other endeavor. What amazes me about Mr. Deal's portraits is his ability to capture his subjects with such vigor and HONESTY. These young ballplayers seem to meet the camera in all their raw self-hood. They don't pose for the camera. Rather, the camera seems to draw out of them something true and strong and wonderful. It's hard to describe. Unless you are holding the book in your hands it probably won't make much sense. But this is an extraordinary celebration of baseball, a remarkable and powerful tribute to those who play the game. Wish I could say it better. There is something very moving in this work.