{"id":29902,"date":"2024-02-22T01:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/?p=29902"},"modified":"2024-02-22T01:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:12:34","slug":"hall-of-famer-randy-johnsons-photography-debuts-in-new-spring-training-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/art-music\/hall-of-famer-randy-johnsons-photography-debuts-in-new-spring-training-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Randy Johnson\u2019s Photography Debuts in New Spring Training Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Randy Johnson, Gentle Giant, 2023. Digital Print. Courtesy Scottsdale Arts<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As thousands gather in Arizona for Spring Training, baseball fans and art lovers alike will also have the opportunity to view the amazing photography works of one of baseball’s greatest players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning February 23, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will showcase photographs taken by former professional baseball pitcher and longtime photographer Randy Johnson that will be on display throughout the Spring Training season. The exhibition, \u201cStorytelling with Photographs<\/a>,\u201d will run through April 28 and showcase many of Johnson\u2019s works that capture the scenes and wildlife of African Safaris and other environments that the athlete has encountered throughout his travels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known in the sports world as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Johnson earned many accomplishments throughout his 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, including winning the World Series in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and later becoming a Hall of Fame pitcher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the all-star athlete led a career in baseball for two decades, sports wasn\u2019t his only passion. Johnson is a longtime photographer and studied photojournalism from 1983 to 1985 at the University of Southern California where he had a full athletic baseball scholarship. Upon retiring from his baseball career in 2010, Johnson re-dedicated his time to photography and traveled the world, capturing everything from motorsports and major musical artists to majestic wild animals, such as the one displayed in his \u201cGentle Giant, Amboseli National Park, Kenya,\u201d photograph that can be seen in the Scottsdale exhibit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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