I love the tones, and I especially love the Wayne Gretzky picture -- he was a childhood hero of mine despite my tremendous dislike of hockey (hearing the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada usually meant that I would not have a choice in what was on television in our one-set home).
If you lack any sort of inner jock, maybe these images won't help -- but at least they're pretty cool.
Wayne Gretzky; Chris Evert
Dorothy Hamill; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pelé; John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal
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i like these images though nothing can make me nostalgic for gym class.
ReplyDeleteJust discovered you blog via Thank you, OK..and I'm a little bit in love. Nice work lady! x
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! I had a crush on Wayne Gretzky too. And I didn't even watch hockey!
ReplyDeleteyeaaaah! these are so lovingly cheesy... if that makes sense. they just all look so intimate yet posed. wayne is super fresh faced.
ReplyDeletei remember arm circles! ah, the 80s and silly aerobic exercises.
ReplyDeleteHaha! I agree with Zoe, #99 is lookin' fressshhh.
ReplyDeleteAAHHH! These are fabulous! How flipping cute is Wayne looking there!? My excersise motto is if it ain't fun, why bother. So I stick to hula hooping and listening to the Xanadu soundtrack when running :)
ReplyDelete"99 is lookin fressshhh" and Xanaduuuuu - love it. My Dad and brother played hockey and I was dragged to every game. Dad is a huge Gretzky fan so I did get to oogle at him lots.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! that picture of dorothy hamill is adorable.
ReplyDeletehaha, I dreaded the hockey night in canada sound! and it still makes me cringe.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I had an exercise outfit complete with matching sweater & leg warmers. I'd do my "Let's Get Physical" routine to anyone who'd watch!
ReplyDeleteRegarding the photographs, if they were a little wider in format they could be Terry Richardson shots! I wonder how much Warhol influences him.
Oh wow, another Canadian who doesn't really care for hockey! Haven't met too many others, I must say. In any case, the photos are great. I feel proud to have recognized all the faces, since I'm usually completely out of the loop when it comes to even the most basic sports knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI like Kareem's peeping chest hair. Look at how big his hand is. Thanks for the eye candy.
ReplyDeleteOne word: AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteGretzky is a great hero. I too had my childhood Saturday nights taken over by hours of HNIC. But living in metro Detroit, this program was hours of insight into a similar yet totally different wonderful world of Canada! I managed to bond with my mother over hockey and still watch the show. These photos are a nice memory of fresh faces, unaltered by plastic surgery. Thanks for sharing, I am ready to hit the gym.
ReplyDeleteUm, YES. Gretzky is such a legend! That photo almost makes up for his really, really terrible SNL performance back in the day.
ReplyDeletepriceless! although i'm still too lazy to work out..
ReplyDeleteLove these! As an aspiring Canadian, I guess it's good to know that Gretzky used to be a 'hunk' ;)
ReplyDeleteI love how wholesome everyone looks! Though McEnroe def. has a glint of trouble in there.. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat cute pic of Gretzky is almost enough to make me like hockey. Almost.
ReplyDeleteThese retro images tickle my inner-jock for sure :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh Gretzky, lookin' like a dream boat. For some reason I adopted Brendan Shanahan as my personal hockey player of choice when I was about 10. I think maybe it had to do with his Wheaties commercial (did he have a Wheaties commercial?)
ReplyDeleteTatum O'Neal kills it! And Dorothy Hamil looks like a total sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteoh these are great!!! i had dorothy hamil hair cut when i was a kid! ;))
ReplyDeleteOh, how nice x
ReplyDeleteTatum O'Neal was, and still is, gorgeous. Great post!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I love these!! Such great portraits!!
ReplyDeletethese are awesome!!! i feel the same way about working out. i need to do it today. maybe these people will inspire me. what usually inspires me is knowing i will feel 10x better after.
ReplyDeleteThat picture of Dorothy Hamill is awesome. My mom had the same haircut!
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