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Archive - Football Around the World 

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As the World Cup 2018 kicks off, we take a look at the diverse terrain where football matches have taken place, such as prison yards, war zones, deserts, city streets and mountain sides. 

Herbert List 1937

ALBANIA. 1937. "Soccer goal".

S-AL-TOR-001 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1933

SPAIN. Madrid. 1933. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1959

View of the Blooming Plant at dusk across the Maroda Tank Reservoir.... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. Children playing at the Berlin Wall in Berlin-Wedding.... 

Rene Burri 1976

2 rival football teams distinguis the difference of clubs by... 

Jean Gaumy 1978

FRANCE. St Martin de Ré. Prison. 1978. 

David Hurn 1978

UK. Wales. Cardiff. Children play football in spare land in... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1982

G.B. ENGLAND. 1982. 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1983

GRENADA. Grenadians for generations had welcomed the only foreigners... 

Ferdinando Scianna 1984

SPAIN, Sevilla: boys playing soccer. 

Abbas 1993

EGYPT. Cairo. 1993. Mosque of Ahmad Ibu-Tulun.

Steve McCurry 1995

MYANMAR. Sittwe. 1995. Impromptu football match.

BURMA-10003... 

Harry Gruyaert 1998

Turkey. Town of Izmir. 1998. District of Cigili. Newly built... 

Abbas 1998

IRAN. Tehran. 1998. Kids play football in the suburbs of the... 

Alex Webb 1999

Panama City. 1999. Young men playing soccer in The Old City. 

Ferdinando Scianna 1999

YEMEN, Shibam 

Ferdinando Scianna 1986

PERU, Lima, footballin a fevela. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

NIGERIA. Lagos. Any spare patch of ground is used as a pitch... 

Newsha Tavakolian 2015

IRAN. Tehran. 2015. Katayoun “Katiana” Khosrowyar, is the succesful... 

Thomas Hoepker 2000

CHILE. 2000. Football field on outskirts of Chuquicamata mining... 

Bruce Gilden 2002

USA. New York City. 2002. Nina playing soccer on Nostrand Avenue... 

Abbas 1998

IRAN. Tehran. 1998.
Football is omni present in and around the... 

Mark Power 1992

GB. ENGLAND. Merseyside. Kirkby. Northwood Estate.
Abandoned... 

Mark Power 2005

POLAND. WARSAW. 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ, Qayyarah. December 5, 2017. Boys play football on the field... 

Elliott Erwitt 2009

ITALY. Sansepolcro. 2009. 
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