The Wonders Of Photoshop,

never cease to amaze me,

 especially if it is used by someone that knows what they are doing!

 like photographer Pelle Cass, who takes upwards of 1,000 photographs at sporting events and then uses the software to make over 500 layers, 

 to complete a series of edited images titled ‘Crowded Fields.’ the Boston-area artist attends local college games, 

 Cass then spends dozens of hours editing the photos to arrive at the final composition,

 Cass notes that each and every figure remains in the original location and position that they were in at the time the photo was taken, Cass, who has been taking photographs for nearly fifty years, developed his current technique over time, the specific idea of using sporting events as his canvas took a decade to evolve, He describes his motivation to create these complex images: “I think that conventional single-exposure photographs distort by their inhuman briefness, the eye never sees a single moment… When you come home from a hockey game, you might remember a few specific images of big plays, but otherwise your memory of a game is a bit more like a general impression of many-figured bustle and activity.”

You can see more of Cass’s photography on his website and Instagram, including his ongoing series ‘Selected People,’ thematically similar composite images of people in public places, Cass also has photographs on display at the New Mexico Museum of Art through October 7, 2018, as part of the exhibition ‘Shifting Light: Photographic Perspectives.’ what an amazing take on sports photography.