Future Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson is the world’s tallest concert photographer
After retiring from a career as one of the greatest Major League Baseball pitchers of all time, 6’10” Randy Johnson is pursuing his passion as a photographer. The above photo was sent in by a Deadspin reader and depicts Randy in action getting a nice shot/blocking the view of fans for miles at a recent ZZ Top show.
On his photography website Randy Johnson describes he got into the profession:
While attending USC in Los Angeles for three years on a baseball scholarship, I majored in photojournalism. At the same time, I got hands-on experience in the art and craft of photography, shooting for the “Daily Trojan”, our college newspaper, and a small rock n’ roll magazine in Los Angeles.
While pitching baseballs became my occupation for over two decades, photography remained my great passion. I took advantage of the travel required for baseball to shoot all kinds of places, people, concerts, events and anything else that caught my eye. After retiring from 22 years in the major leagues, my photojournalist job no longer had to take a back seat.
Here’s some of his photos from the ZZ Top show. What do you think?
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