The culture of a sport: from Greek bronze statue to Hollywood blockbuster
Cuba’s boxing in all its aspects: from youth work on the streets to Olympic winner
Expressive portraits of the athletes, trainers, managers and fans
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Boxing Cuba
From Backyards to World Championship
Boxing is the top popular sport in Cuba and part of its cultural identity. The martial arts, often represented as warlike in form, acquire here an unexpected elegance, speed and technical perfection. This publication reflects the Cuban love of sport, from youth work in the back yards of Havana to the preparations for the Olympic Games. At the same time it tells the story of this fascinating world sport.
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Cuba’s pride in its boxers and its sports tradition remains unbroken. Boxing schools and national boxing idols happily granted the photographer Katharina Alt access to their training facilities and private homes in order to record life in and around the sport and the contests. The photos provide an impressive record of the arduous preparations for a fight and continue until the boxers are saved by the gong in the final round.
The text by author and journalist Michael Schleicher is divided into twelve rounds and shows how the sport has changed since Antiquity. Motifs, aesthetics and boxing language occur today in art and culture and are thus an omnipresent witness to the fact that “Boxing is life itself”, according to Joyce Carol Oates.
The text by author and journalist Michael Schleicher is divided into twelve rounds and shows how the sport has changed since Antiquity. Motifs, aesthetics and boxing language occur today in art and culture and are thus an omnipresent witness to the fact that “Boxing is life itself”, according to Joyce Carol Oates.
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Jedes dieser atmosphärisch dichten Bilder erzählt von einer faszinierend fremden Welt mit eigenen Regeln und Ritualen – und präsentiert die Boxstars von morgen.
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Zu sehen sind nicht nur Porträts von Boxlegenden und jungen Talenten. Die Bilder widerspiegeln so ziemlich alles, was für diesen kubanischen Nationalsport wichtig ist. Gut gelingt es dabei der Fotografin, das legendäre kubanische Flair mit einzufangen.
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Wer sich einen Überblick über die Geschichte des Boxens in Kuba verschaffen möchte, landet hier einen Volltreffer.
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Die Fotografin Katharina Alt hat die Eleganz des kubanischen Volkssports eingefangen. Auch im Hinblick auf die Olympischen Sommerspiele in Rio eine Pflichtlektüre für alle Box-Fans.
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Photographer Katharina Alt
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Photographs by Katharina Alt
Introduction by Charles Schumann
Essays by Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Michael Schleicher & Claudia Strand
English-German edition
184 pages, 102 illustrations
24 x 28 cm, hardcover
Introduction by Charles Schumann
Essays by Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Michael Schleicher & Claudia Strand
English-German edition
184 pages, 102 illustrations
24 x 28 cm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2612-9
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