Product Title:

Jessica Hilltout – AMEN | Grassroots Football (Signed)

Product Description:

Amen: Grassroots Football is a 208-page photographic essay by Jessica Hilltout, documenting football at a grassroots level across Africa.

Through her journey, Hilltout looks beyond the usual simplified narratives often attached to the continent. Instead, she shows a world full of beauty, creativity, pride and deep human connection. At the centre of the work is football, a game that belongs to everyone, regardless of background, place or circumstance.

The book captures the everyday spirit of the game, from handmade footballs created out of found materials to the players, teams, friends and communities who gather around it. These photographs show that a ball does not need to be perfect to carry meaning. It only needs to be made, shared and played.

While the 2010 FIFA World Cup showed Africa’s ability to host a major global event, Amen turns its attention to the games played far away from stadiums and commercial spectacle. It pays tribute to the people who keep football alive every day, often with very little, but with great imagination, dedication and pride.

This book is a tribute to African football, to the creativity behind the handmade ball and to the communities whose passion for the game carries far beyond the field.

A signed copy of Amen: Grassroots Football is a special collectible edition of Jessica Hilltout’s photographic journey across Africa. A meaningful addition for collectors of photography books, African visual culture and football history.

Publication Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ TRADEMARK
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 2010
• Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
• Pages ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.49 kgs
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.5 x 2.49 x 31.5 cm

About the Artist:

Jessica Hilltout is a Belgian-born photographer known for her long-form documentary projects and her sensitive approach to people, place and culture. Her work often focuses on stories found away from the centre of public attention, using photography to show everyday life with dignity, patience and care.

For Amen: Grassroots Football, Hilltout travelled across Africa documenting the game at a community level, from handmade footballs to local teams, players and informal fields. The project reflects her interest in human connection, creativity and the shared rituals that bring people together.