Angela Jimenez
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- Exposition
Exhibition : Racing Age by Angela Jimenez
Racing Age is an ongoing photographic series about master’s track & field athletes. The master’s circuit starts at age 35, and pits athletes against competitors in their same 5-year age bracket. In this series, I am focusing on retirement-age athletes, those in their 70s and older. I was a Division I collegiate track & field heptathlete, and was fascinated when I discovered these older athletes. I went to a track meet out of curiosity. But what compelled me to photograph were two things:
©Angela Jimenez – Racing Age
First, what I saw defied visual stereotypes. These athletes are not cute, or vulnerable, or weak: They are fierce and competitive. It can actually be a bit scary to watch. It’s not what you are you used to seeing an older person do. It is inspiring and brave, bu... - Exposition
Exposition : Racing age
Racing Age, an exhibit currently at United Photo Industries, in Dumbo, offers a look at elderly track-and-field athletes. From 2007 to 2009, Angela Jimenez, a former track athlete herself, photographed competitors older than seventy in meets across the United States and Italy. Jimenez told me that it was the fierceness of the competition that surprised her the most.
© Angela Jimenez
© Angela Jimenez
“When I started shooting this, I still really only understood the competition of the young, where you are seeking that maximum, peak performance of your body,” she said in an e-mail. “These athletes are competing against each other, and against time.”
© Angela Jimenez
© Angela Jimenez
... - Exposition
Angela Jimenez's exhibition Racing Age
For our third year, THE FENCE - Brooklyn’s premiere summer-long, outdoor photographic exhibition - invited photographers from around the world to explore and define the meaning of community across cultural boundaries and geographical lines. Presented by United Photo Industries, Photo District News, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flash Forward Festival and our new partners Atlanta Celebrates Photography and curated by a jury of more than 35 highly-respected photography professionals, THE FENCE presented the work of over 42 talented photographers from around the world.
Covering 1000ft of construction fence in the iconic Brooklyn Bridge Park, THE FENCE has been seen by over 2 MILLION PEOPLE since June 15, 2014. In addition to Brooklyn, we curated a special edition in the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston with the Flash ...
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Racing Age is an ongoing photographic series about master’s track & field athletes. The master’s circuit starts at age 35, and pits athletes against competitors in their same 5-year age bracket. In this series, I am focusing on retirement-age athletes, those in their 70s and older. I was a Division I collegiate track & field heptathlete, and was fascinated when I discovered these older athletes. I went to a track meet out of curiosity. But what compelled me to photograph were two things:
©Angela Jimenez – Racing Age
First, what I saw defied visual stereotypes. These athletes are not cute, or vulnerable, or weak: They are fierce and competitive. It can actually be a bit scary to watch. It’s not what you are you used to seeing an older person do. It is inspiring and brave, bu...
Racing Age, an exhibit currently at United Photo Industries, in Dumbo, offers a look at elderly track-and-field athletes. From 2007 to 2009, Angela Jimenez, a former track athlete herself, photographed competitors older than seventy in meets across the United States and Italy. Jimenez told me that it was the fierceness of the competition that surprised her the most.
© Angela Jimenez
© Angela Jimenez
“When I started shooting this, I still really only understood the competition of the young, where you are seeking that maximum, peak performance of your body,” she said in an e-mail. “These athletes are competing against each other, and against time.”
© Angela Jimenez
© Angela Jimenez
...
For our third year, THE FENCE - Brooklyn’s premiere summer-long, outdoor photographic exhibition - invited photographers from around the world to explore and define the meaning of community across cultural boundaries and geographical lines. Presented by United Photo Industries, Photo District News, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flash Forward Festival and our new partners Atlanta Celebrates Photography and curated by a jury of more than 35 highly-respected photography professionals, THE FENCE presented the work of over 42 talented photographers from around the world.
Covering 1000ft of construction fence in the iconic Brooklyn Bridge Park, THE FENCE has been seen by over 2 MILLION PEOPLE since June 15, 2014. In addition to Brooklyn, we curated a special edition in the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston with the Flash ...