Fantography is a web-based social media project that provides a forum for baseball fans to view, share and discuss their amateur photographs of baseball scenes and baseball players. ^[1] The website (www.fantography.net) was founded by former San Diego Padres executive and current Acme Sports Marketing president Andy Strasberg, ^[2] whose inspiration came in part from a 1960s photo of himself as a teenager at Yankee Stadium with his idol Roger Maris. ^[3] There are two established guidelines for Fantography submissions: first, player images must not be in an action-shot format, and second, all images must have been taken by amateur photographers rather than professionals. ^[4]

So far, Strasberg has collected (or "harvested" in Fantography parlance) more than 6,000 photos ^[5] that span the 1930s up through today, including a cigar-smoking Babe Ruth in street clothes with his daughter, ^[6] an on-field Howard Cosell interviewing pitcher Vida Blue, ^[7] and a mid-autograph Roberto Clemente peering up to meet the camera's lens. ^[8] One contributing "Fantographer" is well-known sportscaster and political pundit Keith Olbermann. ^[9] A touring exhibit of the Fantography collection has shown in San Diego, CA, and Tucson, AZ, as well as at Kentucky's Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. ^[10] Ultimately, Strasberg intends to publish the best Fantography submissions in a coffee table book. ^[11]

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