1975 Topps Photographers: Difference between revisions
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In 1975 | In 1975 Light Impressions of Rochester, NY, in association with Topps, issued a 135-card set of famous photographers, art critics, museum curators and art historians. | ||
According to a [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1090602/6/index.htm December, 1975 Sports Illustrated article,] the cards were distributed to art galleries and museums and sold in 10-card cellophane packs (with a stick of Topps gum) for $1. Only 3000 copies of each card were produced. While the set is virtually unknown amongst sports card collectors, these cards are still actively collected and traded by art aficionados. | |||
The cards are simple black-and-white shots featuring the subjects in various baseball-related poses. Each subject was given full leeway to write whatever they wanted on the back. | The set was the brainchild of photographer Mike Mandel who traveled around the U.S. with baseball equipment and uniforms. The cards are simple black-and-white shots featuring the subjects in various baseball-related poses. Each subject was given full leeway to write whatever they wanted on the back. | ||
In early 2010, a full set was sold at auction for $5675. | |||
=Checklist= | =Checklist= | ||
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1975) AND (setname = 'Topps Photographers'); | |||
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1 Bob Flick | 1 Bob Flick | ||
Latest revision as of 16:52, 10 August 2020
Description
In 1975 Light Impressions of Rochester, NY, in association with Topps, issued a 135-card set of famous photographers, art critics, museum curators and art historians.
According to a December, 1975 Sports Illustrated article, the cards were distributed to art galleries and museums and sold in 10-card cellophane packs (with a stick of Topps gum) for $1. Only 3000 copies of each card were produced. While the set is virtually unknown amongst sports card collectors, these cards are still actively collected and traded by art aficionados.
The set was the brainchild of photographer Mike Mandel who traveled around the U.S. with baseball equipment and uniforms. The cards are simple black-and-white shots featuring the subjects in various baseball-related poses. Each subject was given full leeway to write whatever they wanted on the back.
In early 2010, a full set was sold at auction for $5675.
Checklist
1 Bob Flick
2 Joel Meyerowitz
3 Van Deren Coke
4 Joe Deal
5 Ron Walker
6 Lee Witkin
7 Al Sweetman
8 Don Drowty
9 Ellen Brooks
10 Dennis Hearne
11 Elaine Mayes
12 Bart Parker
13 Larry Sultan
14 Ed West
15 Arthur Siegel
16 Leonard Freed
17 Margery Mann
18 Harry Callahan
19 Gary Metz
20 Peter Gowland
21 Ansel Adams
22 Ed Ruscha
23 Grace Mayer
24 Mike Mandel
25 Harold Allen
26 Laura Gilpin
27 Hank Smith
28 Anne Tucker
29 Phil Perkis
30 Michael Simon
31 Bill Owens
32 Manuel Bravo
33 Nathan Lyons
34 Bill Arnold
35 Jim Hajicek
36 Les Krims
37 Joyce Neimanas
38 Judy Dater
39 Al Coleman
40 Ira Nowinski
41 Jack Welpott
42 Linda Parry
43 Burke Uzzle
44 Jim Dow
45 Dave Freund
46 Todd Walker
47 Catherine Jansen
48 Eva Rubinstein
49 Eddie Sievers
50 Minor White
51 Michael Becotte
52 Fred McDarrah
53 Richard Link
54 Betty Hahn
55 Nick Hlobeczy
56 Bob Cumming
57 Ken Josephson
58 Naomi Savage
59 John Divola
60 Tom Barrow
61 Carl Chiarenza
62 Bea Nettles
63 Roger Mertin
64 John Benson
65 Cal Kowal
66 Aaron Siskind
67 Robert von Sternberg
68 Paige Pinnell
69 Arthur Tress
70 Jacob Deschin
71 Linda Connor
72 Don Blumbeing
73 Jim Alinder
74 Harold Jones
75 M.J. Walker
76 Bill Parker
77 Al Woolpert
78 Duke Baltz
79 Gus Kayafas
80 Duane Michals
81 Darryl Curran
82 Arnold Newman
83 Geoff Winningham
84 Paul Vanderbilt
85 Anne Noggle
86 Timo Pajunen
87 Edmund Teske
88 Imogen Cunningham
89 Andy Anderson
90 Bill Larson
91 Pete Bunnell
92 Robert Doherty
93 Joe Jachna
94 Oscar Bailey
95 Jerry Uelsmann
96 Art Sinsabaugh
97 Charles Roitz
98 Doug Stewart
99 Chuck Swedlund
100 Bill Edwards
101 Bobby Heinecken
102 Micha Bar-Am
103 Beaumont Newhall
104 Wynn Bullock
105 Jerry McMillan
106 John Schulze
107 Neal Slavin
108 Lee Rice
109 Joan Lyons
110 Bill Jenkins
111 Fred Sommer
112 Barbara Crane
113 Emmet Gowin
114 Barbara Morgan
115 Mark Power
116 Cornell Capa
117 Lionel Suntop
118 Bunny Yeager
119 Doug Prince
120 Eileen Cowin
121 Eve Sonneman
122 Reg Heron
123 Scott Hyde
124 Conrad Pressma
125 John Szarkowski
126 Bill Eggleston
127 Mike Bishop
128 Bob Fichter
129 Liliane DeCock
130 Tom Porett
131 Arnold Crane
132 Arnold Gassan
133 Elliott Erwitt
134 Len Gittleman
135 Checklist