It’s a goal ⚽
With the European Championship underway and the 2024 Olympics soon arriving, we trace the Magnum archive for scenes of the beautiful game.
In a tropical scene from Martine Franck, a man kicks a ball on a beach beneath a cluster of palm trees, captured in Martinique in 1973.
An image of a boy lunging for a ball in the streets of Palermo forms part of
@herbert_list ’s enduring love affair with Italy, a country he photographed repeatedly over forty years.
@susanmeiselas ’ photograph of players on the United States women’s national soccer team channels the energy, movement and suspense of the match.
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PHOTOS (left to right):
(1) Le Diamant, Martinique. 1973. © Martine Franck / Magnum Photos
(2) Katayoun "Katiana" Khosrowyar, head coach of Iran’s national Under 14 soccer team, practices her skills during the off-season period. North Tehran, Iran. 2015. ©
@newshatavakolian / Magnum Photos
(3) Shibam, Yemen. 1999. ©
@ferdinandosciannaofficial / Magnum Photos
(4) Soccer in the street. Palermo, Sicily. Italy. 1950. ©
@herbert_list / Magnum Photos
(5) Benidorm, Spain. 1997. ©
@martinparrstudio / Magnum Photos
(6) Camping in Argeles-Sur-Mer. France. 1976. © Guy Le Querrec / Magnum Photos
(7) Kids play football in the suburbs of the capital next to electricity pylons. Tehran, Iran. 1998. ©
@abbas.photos / Magnum Photos
(8) The US national women’s soccer team at their training camp. San Diego, USA. 1998. ©
@susanmeiselas / Magnum Photos
(9) Nina playing soccer on Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. New York City, USA. 2002. ©
@bruce_gilden / Magnum Photos
(10) Fener neighborhood. Istanbul, Turkey. 2003. ©
@nikoseconomopoulos / Magnum Photos
