“The promise of an empty football field is an irresistible force for those who understand and revere the game,” Jeff Wilson observes. Drawn by the sense of possibility and nostalgia inherent in every stadium, Wilson traveled the state of Texas to photograph high school stadiums for a photo essay that appeared in Texas Monthly in August 2005. The magazine’s readers responded with an outpouring of enthusiasm, and Wilson’s photo essay was nominated for a prestigious National Magazine Award.\ In...
Friday Night Lights the book, the movie, and the television series have made Texas high school football a national obsession. Jeff Wilson's large- scale photographs of Lone Star State stadiums lend an inviting small town feel to these mythic arenas. You can almost hear the post-touchdown roars.
Foreword by Buzz Bissinger The Stadiums Afterword by Jeff Wilson Acknowledgments A-Z Stadium Index
\ From Barnes & NobleFriday Night Lights the book, the movie, and the television series have made Texas high school football a national obsession. Jeff Wilson's large- scale photographs of Lone Star State stadiums lend an inviting small town feel to these mythic arenas. You can almost hear the post-touchdown roars.\ \