Sports photographers as well as athletes achieve greatness at the Olympics. Just as the internationa

Sports photographers as well as athletes achieve greatness at the Olympics. Just as the international athletes who assemble on the world stage every four years have trained to perform at their peak, so too have the photographers. Some plan their shots years ahead, practicing for the big event and making sure they are fit enough to sustain two exhausting weeks of jockeying for prime positions in the crush of fellow photographers, running with heavy equipment, and captioning and transmitting pictures. Cutting-edge technologies and prototype cameras not yet on the market are debuted at the Olympics by photographers eager to give viewers new perspectives, crystal-sharp stop–action, and intimate views.The German photographer Erich Andres became a professional newspaper photographer in 1932 using the Leica, often with great originality but also pathos. He lived through and photographed some of the twentieth century’s most momentous and terrifying events. This unusual photograph, taken from under the bleachers at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, features spectators’ shoes and boots rather than the games itself. The footwear represents a range of German citizenry: military men with leather boots, women in practical low-heeled shoes and seamed stockings, and dandies in white buck shoes.Spectators, Berlin Olympics, 1936, Black-and-white photograph, International Olympic Committe. -- source link

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