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Summary: Sabatini Photo Book
Review: Agree with the 1st book reviewer...if you are a fan of Sabatini's, this is a definite must. It is all photos, covering her ups and downs on the tour for 3-4 years of her career. Very well done, I liked the fact that it was not one type of photo or just glamour shots, but rather different angles, action shots, etc. Is it worth $50.00? Yes, it is. It is a large coffee table style format. Each page is a color or black and white photo. The back has a summary of each photo with the tournament and date it was taken. If you're a tennis fan, get it, if you're a Gaby fan, get it. It is unfortunate the publishing problem arose, from what I understand, she personally had no business connection to it. I'm glad Amazon has it available for the worldwide audience. If more tennis fans knew of it, I'm sure more would order it.
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Summary: Published at last but worth it?
Review: I remembering reading about this book in Tennis Magazine several years ago (1995?). I also remember how excited I was that "Gabyfans" like me were getting something new - never before seen photos all dressed up in a fancy hardback cover. Then came all the problems with the "other" publisher. Money was taken with nothing to show for it, delay after delay and then, I thought sadly, a dead project. Surprisingly, I got my copy as a gift and was thrilled beyond belief; Gaby had since retired and this was something new. But was it worth all the hype and trouble? In a "fans" eyes, yes. The book does contain photos never before seen and therefore brings a smile to our face. But those photos...they ARE different. The angles, and cropping are not what tennis fans are used to seeing. Some I thought were down right no better than I took at a tournament in Chicago - ones I threw away because they were so blurry or under-exposed. Yet, Mr Shima's artistic ideas simply stray from mine. The racket is cut off in one picture, everything from the waist down in another, or her face cut in half in even another. But don't get me wrong - some are downright gorgeous. The clarity, the expression on Ms. Sabatini's face, her sweat and her heart exposed for all to see. It is those photos that make the book worth buying. They do capture the persona of who Gaby was - a truly amazing beauty on the court; one so talented and graceful we will probably never see the likes of again. A full court player that caused our eyes to be glued to her every move and cheer her on whether she won or lost. Choose this book and you'll be owning a rarity for sure. I've never found this book for sale anywhere else. And I've looked. I don't know where amazon.com gets it but at least it renews my faith it WAS published eventually. Thank you amazon.com - you are amazing!
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