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|| SportsShooter.com: News Item: Posted 2002-04-19

For the Love of the Game on View at City Gallery
Chicago Baseball Photos on Display April 11 - July 9

By Brad Mangin

City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan Avenue, will display color photographs by the official photographers of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs, Ron Vesely and Stephen Green, from April 11 through July 9. The exhibition, For the Love of the Game, shows baseball culture - the fans and the parks of both teams. The photos capture impromptu moments inside and outside the parks, from the lone fan standing wistfully in front of the closed ticket windows at Wrigley Field, to several children tagging a base at Comiskey Park.

Ron Vesely has been photographing sports for over 17 years, having covered nine World Series and eleven Super Bowls. His work has been published in magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Sport Magazine, Inside Sports Magazine, USA Today and Forbes, among others. His relationship with the Chicago White Sox began in 1985 as one of their contributing photographers and evolved into his present position as the official team photographer.

Stephen Green has been the Cubs' team photographer for 19 years, photographer for the Oprah Winfrey Show for five, and has been published in various newspapers and magazines, including Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine and Newsweek. He has also published two fine art books of documentary photography.

City Gallery is dedicated to displaying Chicago-themed photographs by Chicago photographers. The gallery is managed by the Chicago Public Art Program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. City Gallery is open seven days a week: 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Monday - Saturday, and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is closed on all holidays. Admission is free. For more information, call 312-742-0808 (TTY: 312-744-2947), or visit w4.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/ThingsToDo/CityGallery/CityGallery.html

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