I made this image of WGN announcer Harry Caray while covering baseball games for Sportschrome, my agency at the time, and Petersen’s Pro Baseball magazine. Covering a sports event includes documenting what’s happening off the field. Capturing the beloved announcer as he fired up the crowd leading them in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was part of the Wrigley Field experience, and deserves its place in Chicago lore.
BIO:
Bob Soltys’ love of photography began in 1967 when he read the Eye of Eisenstaedt. Shortly after that, his aunts gave him a Kodak Instamatic camera for Christmas. In 1971, he brought his camera along when his fellow high school students walked out to protest a teachers’ strike that would have prevented seniors from graduating. The weekly paper bought his photos, launching a career capturing people and events on film. A former Navy officer, Bob is the coauthor of My Wonderful Life, about his dog Manny. He and Nitro, a Jack Russell Terrier mix, live in Northeast Ohio.
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