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mchenrycards
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Baseball and it's photography has a way to tell a story far beyond the game. A good sports photographer (or any for that matter) can tell a number of stories with one snap of the shutter, allowing the viewer to conjure the details of what they are seeing in their own mind. Many sports related photos will not only tell you how a player performed on the field at a specific moment in time but it can also tell you about life's tragedies, life's triumphs and everything in between. Today's photo of the day is actually a dual photo that shows life's triumphs and tragedies. It also shows a love story that simple words cannot express.
The first photo we see is New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig posed in Chicago's Comisky Park with his then fiance' Ms. Eleanor Twitchell. This photo was taken on June 19, 1933 right after the couple's engagement was announced. Atthe time of this photo Ms. Twitchell would have been 28 years of age and Lou Gehrig would have been just reaching his peak as a ball player at the age of 30. Looking at this photo you can see the joy on their faces as they embark on what should be decades of life together. You can see in their eyes the happiness they are feeling at this moment.
Contrasting the first photo with the one down below which was taken at at a post season, World Series game (year unknown) where a worried wife is looking at her husband in such a way that the viewer of this photo knows what the woman is thinking. Lou has managed a week smile in this photo while his wife looks not atthe action on the field but to her sickly husband.
These two photos were such a contrast that they had to be paired up together. It is sad to think that these two literally only had eight years together with the last few dealing with Lou's illness. But in researching these photos it seems these two packed as much living into the eight years they had together as any couple could have.
I know I am being a little sappy here but I think the story had to be told. Sports and life is not all about winning and losing as it is about human frailties as well and nothing captures this better than these two photos.
The first photo we see is New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig posed in Chicago's Comisky Park with his then fiance' Ms. Eleanor Twitchell. This photo was taken on June 19, 1933 right after the couple's engagement was announced. Atthe time of this photo Ms. Twitchell would have been 28 years of age and Lou Gehrig would have been just reaching his peak as a ball player at the age of 30. Looking at this photo you can see the joy on their faces as they embark on what should be decades of life together. You can see in their eyes the happiness they are feeling at this moment.
Contrasting the first photo with the one down below which was taken at at a post season, World Series game (year unknown) where a worried wife is looking at her husband in such a way that the viewer of this photo knows what the woman is thinking. Lou has managed a week smile in this photo while his wife looks not atthe action on the field but to her sickly husband.
These two photos were such a contrast that they had to be paired up together. It is sad to think that these two literally only had eight years together with the last few dealing with Lou's illness. But in researching these photos it seems these two packed as much living into the eight years they had together as any couple could have.
I know I am being a little sappy here but I think the story had to be told. Sports and life is not all about winning and losing as it is about human frailties as well and nothing captures this better than these two photos.
