Sportret
- Publisher
- MENDO
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN
- 978-90-808927-2-9
- Specifications
- Hardcover
320 x 250 x 40 mm
384 pages
Over 200 images
Dutch
Contributions by Marije Randewijk, Gio Lippens, Jeroen Stekelenburg, Bert Wagendorp, Wilfried de Jong and others
Design: MENDO
Sportret bundles a selection of Klaas Jan van der Weij’s contribution to Dutch sports photography, with intriguing, humorous and surprising images and unbelievable anecdotes.
Van der Weij (Emmen, 1952) sees sport differently than others, always stumbling upon the uncanny, the luckless and the loneliness. He is not interested in the winning goal scorer, the joyful crowd or the decisive details: his pictures are intriguing, sometimes humorous and often moving, showing athletes in a way few others do.
The book gathers more than 200 images, among them Johan Cruijff, Epke Zonderland, Robert Gesink, Max and Jos Verstappen, Oranje, Frank Rijkaard, Usain Bolt, Greg LeMond, Dafne Schippers and many others.