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The Homes of Football (1989–present) is an ongoing collection of work of photographer Stuart Roy Clarke.〔http://stuartroyclarke.co.uk/〕 Pictures from the collection have been toured as an art exhibition, displayed as a permanent museum, released in book form, and used for adverts and for campaigns on behalf of football's governance, particularly by The Football Trust (the forerunner to The Football Foundation)〔http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/〕 The collection has had the singular support of the professional Footballers Association all along〔http://www.givemefootball.com/〕 Comprising over 100,000 images, The Homes of Football is one of the largest collections of football photography in the world. ==Origins== Stuart Clarke began The Homes of Football in the wake of the Hillsborough Disaster and the resulting Taylor Report. Clarke's stated aim was "to show the beauty of a nation, even if a lot of what its people say and do is not beautiful. And to show the beauty of football that is ever more a World game. And to keep on showing it."〔http://www.homesoffootball.co.uk/about/〕 The earliest photograph in the collection is of four boys at Kilbowie Park, home of Clydebank, in 1989 - a club and ground that has since disappeared. During the 1990s, Clarke made thousands of trips to football matches, photographing the crowd and the grounds themselves. This focus on the ordinary football supporter, rather than the more 'glamorous' side of the game, led to an article in The Times claiming that "if Nick Hornby gave the fan a voice in the nineties, Clarke has given the fan a face.” Clarke was also the only official photographer for The Football Trust from 1991 and its successor The Football Foundation until 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Homes of Football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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