A pair of Paul Schlossman’s works. At left is “The Kid” a shot of Ken Griffey Jr. At right, is “Blue Air” a shot of Michael Jordan.
I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason.
During Events No. 31 and No. 32 of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project, that took me to the upper midwest and the city of Fargo, ND, I had a few hours to kill on Monday before my flight home.
To while away a few hours, I chose to visit the West Acres Mall (rocking, by the way!) and the Roger Maris Museum display included within. I noticed a trading card shop listed as a tenant downstairs (JWW Sports Cards & Gaming), so I wandered down to check it out.
Near the entrance was a display dedicated to a local photo artist, Paul Schlossman.
I was fascinated!
Paul takes his old Starting Lineup and McFarlane sports figurines outside to create some iconic imagery of these figurines that required double-takes to ensure I wasn’t actually looking at Michael Jordan or Ken Griffey Jr. or Serena Williams.
I found Paul’s website and submitted a contact request.
We eventually connected and the resulting Conversation is here for your listening enjoyment this week.