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The Football Roots: The Spirit of the Game volume captures over 200 photographs documenting street football across eighteen countries, including Argentina, Brazil, France, Morocco, Ghana, and Nepal. Compiled from a ten-year photographic project by Sam Robles, the images focus on the spontaneity and energy of informal play, with a foreword by Marta Vieira da Silva. Published as a linen hardcover, the binding provides a tactile, durable finish suited to a large-format photography edition.
The result of a ten-year photographic project, this diverse and dynamic volume by Sam Robles captures the joy of football played on the street in over 200 images. Documenting local children at play across eighteen countries — including Argentina, Brazil, France, Morocco, Ghana, and Nepal — this impassioned and unmissable edition is a striking, heartfelt visual tour of everyday football played for the fun, freedom and pure love of the game. The perfect gift for every football fan, 'Football Roots: The Spirit of the Game' is published as a linen hardcover by Assouline, and foreworded by Marta Vieira da Silva.
