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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.  The set was the brainchild of photographer Mike Mandel who traveled around the U.S. with baseball equipment and uniforms.
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 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.  
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 135-card set was sold at auction for $5675.
In early 2010, a full set was sold at auction for $5675.


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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



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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