Back earlier in this thread I showcased nine of my favorite photos to appear on a card. Today I am featuring nine cards that have to do with photographers. No standard photogs employed by Topps or the other brands of the day. These are other photographer-related cards from my collection.
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1986 Broder #34 Wade Boggs (We've all referred to unlicensed cards as "Broder" cards. This is an actual Broder card featuring the photography of Rob Broder. His unlicensed cards littered the card shops in the late 80s and early 90s and did indeed feature MLB logos. Surprisingly the thing that took his cards down was the one thing that they were supposed to promote . . . photography. His lackluster photos looked like anyone with a camera could have taken. MLB finally cracked down on him and production of his cards ceased in the mid-90s but for about a decade, they made quite an impact on our hobby.)
1986 Scott Cunningham Photography #NNO Cal Ripken Jr. (Scott Cunningham started as a sports photographer in the late 1970s and is still active today. He worked for the Associated Press and Getty Images and is currently on facebook.)
1989 Peoria Chiefs Team Issue #28 Golf With The Stars/Jeff Pico/Greg Maddux/Paul Kilgus (This card is co-sponsored by McDonald's Restaurant and Kodak film and features three baseball players on a golf course. The card was included in a team set of the Peoria Chiefs. I can't explain why the three of them are wearing sweaters on what appears to be a beautiful sunny day.)
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1990 AGFA #1 Willie Mays (This set was issued by MSA for a promotion where three-card packs of these cards were given away with any purchase of a three-pack of AGFA film.)
1993 Colla All-Star Game #24 Mike Piazza (Issued by noted sports photographer Barry Colla, this 24-card boxed set was made available at the 1993 All-Star game in Baltimore and features 24 All-Stars from the National and American Leagues.)
1993 Upper Deck Iooss Collection #WI19 Nolan Ryan (Upper Deck included a 27-card insert set featuring the work of famous sports photographer Walter Iooss Jr. in 1993 foil packs.)
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1996 Pinnacle Christie Brinkley Collection #14 Jim Thome (Supermodel Christie Brinkley is known more for being on the other side of the lens but in 1995 she took several posed shots of World Series participants and Pinnacle released them as an insert set the following year. The backs of the cards picture a selfie of Brinkley with the featured player and a short write up of why she had them pose the way she did. Thome dons the gloves because he was a powerful left-handed slugger in the Cleveland lineup.)
1996 Upper Deck V.J. Lovero Showcase #VJ4 Barry Bonds (Griffey: "Hey Barry, turn your cap around backwards like me and you'll come across as fun loving and likeable." Bonds: "Ok Ken, hey wait, get that f***n' camera out of my face!" V.J. Lovero snapped this pic that was used in another Upper Deck insert set.)
1997 Score Pitcher Perfect #3 Alex Rodriguez/Cal Ripken (The photos in this Score insert set were taken by Randy Johnson, then pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. and feature his contemporaries in unique poses.)
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1986 Broder #34 Wade Boggs (We've all referred to unlicensed cards as "Broder" cards. This is an actual Broder card featuring the photography of Rob Broder. His unlicensed cards littered the card shops in the late 80s and early 90s and did indeed feature MLB logos. Surprisingly the thing that took his cards down was the one thing that they were supposed to promote . . . photography. His lackluster photos looked like anyone with a camera could have taken. MLB finally cracked down on him and production of his cards ceased in the mid-90s but for about a decade, they made quite an impact on our hobby.)
1986 Scott Cunningham Photography #NNO Cal Ripken Jr. (Scott Cunningham started as a sports photographer in the late 1970s and is still active today. He worked for the Associated Press and Getty Images and is currently on facebook.)
1989 Peoria Chiefs Team Issue #28 Golf With The Stars/Jeff Pico/Greg Maddux/Paul Kilgus (This card is co-sponsored by McDonald's Restaurant and Kodak film and features three baseball players on a golf course. The card was included in a team set of the Peoria Chiefs. I can't explain why the three of them are wearing sweaters on what appears to be a beautiful sunny day.)
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1990 AGFA #1 Willie Mays (This set was issued by MSA for a promotion where three-card packs of these cards were given away with any purchase of a three-pack of AGFA film.)
1993 Colla All-Star Game #24 Mike Piazza (Issued by noted sports photographer Barry Colla, this 24-card boxed set was made available at the 1993 All-Star game in Baltimore and features 24 All-Stars from the National and American Leagues.)
1993 Upper Deck Iooss Collection #WI19 Nolan Ryan (Upper Deck included a 27-card insert set featuring the work of famous sports photographer Walter Iooss Jr. in 1993 foil packs.)
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1996 Pinnacle Christie Brinkley Collection #14 Jim Thome (Supermodel Christie Brinkley is known more for being on the other side of the lens but in 1995 she took several posed shots of World Series participants and Pinnacle released them as an insert set the following year. The backs of the cards picture a selfie of Brinkley with the featured player and a short write up of why she had them pose the way she did. Thome dons the gloves because he was a powerful left-handed slugger in the Cleveland lineup.)
1996 Upper Deck V.J. Lovero Showcase #VJ4 Barry Bonds (Griffey: "Hey Barry, turn your cap around backwards like me and you'll come across as fun loving and likeable." Bonds: "Ok Ken, hey wait, get that f***n' camera out of my face!" V.J. Lovero snapped this pic that was used in another Upper Deck insert set.)
1997 Score Pitcher Perfect #3 Alex Rodriguez/Cal Ripken (The photos in this Score insert set were taken by Randy Johnson, then pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. and feature his contemporaries in unique poses.)
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