Gerry Cranham RIP - pioneering Sports Photographer

[fcotterill]

He lived life to the full, and revolutionized the genre

Gerry Cranham obituary

Pioneering sports photographer whose work revealed, through his composition, human endeavour and the poetry of motion

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'The father of modern sports photography' - legendary Gerry Cranham dies aged 94

Gerry Cranham, who has been hailed as the pioneer of sports and racing photography, has died at the age of 94. Cranham was responsible for producing... Read More

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This Sporting Life: looking through Gerry Cranham’s lens – in pictures

To mark the release of a new book about the master sports photographer, Gerry Cranham, we asked co-author Mark Leech to choose his favourite images and recall some of Cranham’s anecdotes.

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Gerry Cranham: a Life Devoted to Sports Photography — Blind Magazine

Former editor in chief at the newspaper L’Equipe Magazine, turned gallery owner specializing in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for Blind. His third essay is devoted to one of the most important photographer of the genre.

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Cranham was one of the earliest adopters of colour film in sports photography
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER MARC ASPLAND

Cranham captured a fall by the jockey Terry Biddlecombe in 1971 after “staking out” a racecourse
GERRY CRANHAM

 

[Gaduf]

Fascinating set of articles about Gerry Cranham, R.I.P. ,
The challenges his era faced in getting the shot ,and getting the image to print compared to the current technology is astounding.
Thanks for sharing,
Gavin

 

[Steve W]

Most done with manual focus lenses and not a Sony, Z8 or Z9 in sight......

 

[RockvilleBob]

Thanks for posting - I was not familiar with Gerry Cranham.