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FC BARCELONA VINTAGE FOOTBALL CARDS by DIVER & AGUILAR

January 10th, 2012 by dmb media

In 1871 the American company of Allen and Ginter began inserting pieces of card to protect the cigarettes from being damaged. It was not long before tobacco companies had the idea of printing advertisements on these cards, or “stiffeners” as they were called in the trade. In about 1876 companies began producing a series of cards that the smoker could collect. It was believed that this would encourage the smoker to continue using that particular brand.

The tobacco companies discovered that these sporting cards were a great way to obtain brand loyalty. In 1896 the first football set appeared. Footballers & Club Colours was published by Marcus & Company, a small firm in Manchester. These cards are extremely rare and individual cards are valued at £170. This is true of all the early football sets that were issued at this time: Footballers & Club Colours (Kinner, 1898); Footballers (J. F. Bell, 1902); Footballers (F. J. Smith, 1902) and Footballers (Percy E. Cadle, 1904). The cost of individual cards of these sets varies from £40 to £160.

In 1902 W.D. & H.O. Wills published a set of 66 football cards. This included George Clawley (Tottenham Hotspur), Matt Kingsley (Newcastle United), George Hedley (Sheffield United), Jimmy Crabtree (Aston Villa), Ernest Needham (Sheffield United) and Fred Spiksley (Sheffield Wednesday). Interestingly, most of the players were photographed in suits.

For the 2011-2012 La-Liga Season, Diver & Aguilar have recreated these vintage style cards with the first team squad of FC Barcelona,including Lionel Messi, who for the third year running has been voted World Player of the year & Pique,Xavi,Ineista and Puyol European and World Cup & Club Champions of Spain.

To see the full series of images visit : www.diveraguilar.com and http://www.diveraguilar.com/blog/?p=701

See more here: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FC-BARCELONA-VINTAGE-FOOTBALL-CARDS/2834915

See more of Diver & Aguilar’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/diver-aguilar/photography/

“Shoot Local, Think Global” Multistory’s Black Country Stories in the British Journal of Photography

January 5th, 2012 by dmb media

“Once known as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, the Black Country has fallen on hard times in recent decades, and remains home to pockets of severe economic deprivation. So it’s not the kind of place you’d expect to find one of Britain’s most progressive community-arts organisations, which for its latest project commissioned four of the world’s leading documentary photographers to record the everyday lives of people in the region……”

See more of Martin’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/martin-parr/photography/

See more about the BJP here: http://www.bjp-online.com/