That's what photographer Jordan Matter asked himself after his collection of photos documenting dancers in everyday situations made it to the New York Times best-seller list and earned international media attention.
The answer, he found, was to capture more inspiring, physically gifted people displaying their talents in public. So he turned his attention to athletes.
"Even when athletes are not competing, they are living and breathing their passion," Matter wrote on his website. “They playfully remind all of us to pursue our objectives tenaciously; to never give up and to keep striving for excellence, no matter what path we've chosen.”
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