Geof Winningham 1975

"Geof Winningham" is a 1975 photographic work by Mike Mandel that resembles a baseball card. The black and white image features a man in a plaid shirt and baseball cap, holding a bat, creating a sense of familiarity with the genre of sports photography. This work, however, belongs to Mandel’s larger project, "The Ballad of Los Angeles," which explored the social and cultural landscape of Los Angeles through found photographs and other materials. Mandel’s manipulation of found imagery brings attention to the way we consume and understand information, particularly through the lens of popular culture and mass media.