Friday Night Lives - Photos from the Town, the Team, and After (Hardcover)

In 1988, when Robert Clark was in his early twenties, he traveled to Odessa, Texas, to create a visual element for a book about a high school football team. That book was Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights—the chronicle of a season with the Permian Panthers, one of the state’s winningest teams of all time. About twenty photos appeared in Bissinger’s book, but Clark shot 137 rolls of film during his time with the Panthers. Friday Night Lives collects dozens of the never-before-seen images, taking us back to the team, the city, and that dramatic season. The archival photos, published here on the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Bissinger's bestseller, capture intimate moments among the players and their families and classmates, as well as the wider world of Odessa. Now the players have grown up. Friday Night Lives also includes Clark’s portraits of key Panthers figures at a later age, documenting complex lives of beauty and struggle. Boobie Miles, the star fullback sidelined by injury, is here, along with Coach Gaines and others. In his heartfelt foreword, best-selling author Hanif Abdurraqib describes how Clark's photos rehumanize the players, reminding us of the truth of their young lives before their stories became nationally known in print, film, and television.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Robert Clark
Introduction by:	Hanif Abdurraqib
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-2119-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > American football
LSN:	1-4773-2119-5
Barcode:	9781477321195

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