It’s that time again, that time when the whole world (surprisingly, even the USA,) is embroiled in the heat of futball madness. It is the World Cup of soccer right now, and we’re getting down there in teams already. USA is out, Britain just got beat by Germany by about a billion points, and Ghana’s advancing toward the goal. Then there’s the losers. The people who totally got destroyed, and only one person’s to blame. The goalie. Always with the goalie. Of course, it’s them who saves the game as well. It’s never easy being the highest commanding officer in front of the net, and photographer Bill Cramer knows this. In this recent set, Cramer sets eyes on the prize, depicting the the world of füssball with a female goaltender with a fabulous jersey in orange, white, and red.

Bill Cramer is known for his intensely intimate portraits, having taken photos of such people as Barack Obama, Fat Joe, and lots and lots and lots of magazine covers. It’s an intimacy that turns any face he captures into a tapestryesque work of art.

This set consists of seven photos taken on a nearly-rainy evening some time in the past 12 months. Probably even in 2010 if I do dareso take a guess.

Behold the power of perfect lighting on the game of the gods.

Held still.

If you’d like to contact Bill Cramer, get ahold of him by emailing bill@billcramer.com, if you’d like more examples of his work, take a peek at his http://billcramer.com/ online portfolio website. His work is unstoppable, and I feel like he’s just begun. I love finding people like that, don’t you?

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