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    Getty Images’ “Spirit of Cricket” exhibition

    By Will 3 years ago, at the start of June Leave a comment on this post

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    Just got back from visiting Getty Images’ “Spirit Of Cricket” exhibition (free), which was absolutely brilliant. I’d seen a lot of the more modern photos (several were taken from 2004), but they somehow took on more meaning when viewed in full size.

    The best, though, were the older ones - at least 2 or 3 I would have bought there and then if I had that sort of money (generally they were all £250 each). They were stunning and evocotive in equal measure, my favourite being a shot of children and adults playing street-cricket in London, with 3 stumps drawn in chalk on a lamp-post. Can’t remember the date - will check in the exhibition’s brochure which, incidentally, you do have to pay for (genuine mistake - woops, sorry Getty).

    It’s so rare to have Cricket showcased in this manner in Britain, and the photos themselves are so rare, I’d urge you to go and look. It really is worth it, especially considering it’s free (unless you decide to buy some, obviously!).

    UPDATE: I’ve highlighted the ones I liked, which you can see at Getty’s site here

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    4 Responses to “Getty Images’ “Spirit of Cricket” exhibition”

  • Robert Harvey wrote:
    June 2nd, 2005 at 11.07 pm

    The exhibit sounds great. Any chance you could scan/post the brochure? For educational purposes of course ;) You might also like to visit bbcmotingallery.com in thier cricket section they have some great Botham moments from 1981. My favorite however is a 16 second clip of Indian boys practicing. It is beautiful.

  • Will wrote:
    June 3rd, 2005 at 11.35 am

    Robert - Getty would kill me if I did that and, besides, I don’t own a scanner :) But you can just go to their site here and search for them. Or, just click here to see the ones I liked

    Also - that link you gave doesn’t work…?

  • Robert Harvey wrote:
    June 4th, 2005 at 8.01 pm

    Sorry

    That was bbcmotiongallery.com

  • Will wrote:
    June 5th, 2005 at 10.25 pm

    Great stuff, thanks Robert

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