Bob Cumming 1975

"Bob Cumming" is a 1975 photographic print by Mike Mandel. The black and white image depicts a baseball player mid-pitch, framed in a style reminiscent of a baseball card. The image's simplicity and directness, along with the mundane subject matter, are characteristic of Mandel's conceptual approach to photography. This piece belongs to a series of works known as "The Baseball Card Project," where Mandel used the format of baseball cards to explore the nature of representation, identity, and the constructed nature of reality.