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August 1955. "Tennis in the Hamptons, Long Island's chic play spot." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for Sports Illustrated. View full size.
"It gives you those nice, bright colors; it gives you the greens of summer, makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!" Thus sayeth Paul Simon.
That fellow would have been a teammate of that season's No. 6 singles player (who would finish the season at No. 2), Dick Raskin of Forest Hills, better known later as Dr. Renée Richards.
Two of these gentlemen are anticipating, in a do-it-yourself way, the move from crew socks to ankle socks, which accelerated through the 1980s. Next? No-show socks, already here.
He's holding a page from a message pad, so someone called while he was playing and left a message and/or a callback number. He looks amused and two of the other guys seem to be joking with him about it. Toni Frissell thought it was interesting enough to photograph. Will we ever know how it turned out?
Canada Dry's "Hi-Spot" brand (whereas, presumably, "Hi-Jack" brand wouldn't fly).
Apparently still around, though I'm not familiar with it. (What?? That's not the first thing you noticed ??)
So the wealthy play on clay. These Kodachromes by Frissell are so rich and saturated, everyone looks tanned and healthy and the world invites us. Color photography just doesn't look like this anymore.
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