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African Digital Art Recommended Reading
For many the world cup fever has long subsided but we have a little gem to remind you of the spectacular events of this yearโs World Cup 2010 games in South Africa. Thomas Hoeffgenโsย African Arenasย brings to life the spirit of African football. The book is a photographic journey in the fields and stadiums in Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi.
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Emotional photographs convey Africaโs passion for soccer
The enthusiasm and passion with which soccer is played in Africa are inevitably transferred to the onlooker. Internationally successful fashion and advertising photographerย Thomas Hoeffgenย (*1968 in Kiel) experienced the same thing when he flew to Nigeria in 1999 for a story on soccer. He became so interested in the subject that he spent the next several years taking unusual, direct photographs of players and spectators in Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, and South Africa. Hoeffgenโs images take us from the continentโs typical improvised sandlots with their two wooden posts forming a makeshift goal to the concrete stadiums in the city with their floodlights and grandstands. Remarkably honest photographs, since no one takes notice of the man behind the cameraโthe only thing that counts here is the game.
