Noble Pursuits is a large-format photographic celebration of nine of the world's most elegant games: tennis, cricket, golf, riding, polo, fencing, lacrosse, rowing, and sailing. A coffee table book made for unhurried looking, it pairs full-page photography with long-form essays on the heritage, character, and ritual of each sport, following them from distant origins to the forms we love today.
Turn the pages and you find the cloister game that became tennis, the sheep pastures that shaped cricket, the wind-scoured links of Scotland, the horse of the open steppe, the sword made safe for the salle, the sacred game of the Americas, and the oar and the sail that are older than memory. Each chapter is an essay and a gallery at once: history, craft, and atmosphere set beside images chosen for their stillness and grace.
Beautifully made and timeless by design, Noble Pursuits is a natural gift for the sports lover, the collector, and anyone who appreciates fine photography and the quieter side of competition. It belongs on the coffee table, the study shelf, and the clubhouse table alike.
A LUMP collector edition.
