{"id":3038,"date":"2014-04-08T21:21:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T21:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2021-01-09T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T01:25:10","slug":"fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Baby graces the cover of The New Republic for the Chongqing Dockers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3039\" alt=\"Fat Baby graces the cover The New Republic for the Chongqing Dockers\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover.jpg\" width=\"950\" height=\"1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover.jpg 950w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover-780x1024.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph\">\n<p>I am very excited to announce that my portrait of Fat Baby is currently gracing the cover of The New Republic. Last fall I traveled down to Chongqing to photograph what would become the turning point in the season for the Dockers, the city&#8217;s first American football team. Fat Baby was one of the many characters involved in the ups and downs of this amazing venture. I usually provide a short summary of the articles I shoot, but this one needs to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/117246\/chinese-football-my-season-chongqing-dockers\" title=\"Year of the Pigskin: My hilarious, heartbreaking, triumphant season with the American Football League of China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read<\/a> in its entirety. Chris Beam does an amazing job capturing the absurdities and struggles of this band of warriors. It&#8217;s an excellent look into some of the mutating facets of contemporary Chinese culture. It&#8217;s so good, in fact, that Sony Pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/04\/sony-pictures-lands-new-republic-article-for-film-on-chinas-first-american-football-league-championship-team\/\" title=\"Sony Pictures Lands New Republic Article For Film On China\u2019s First American Football League Championship Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bought<\/a> the movie rights to the story. Maybe you will see Fat Baby on the big screen one day. Definitely a sports star for the ages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3042\" alt=\"Matthew Niederhauser photographs the Chongqing Dockers for The New Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread01.jpg\" width=\"950\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread01.jpg 950w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread01-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3043\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3043\" alt=\"Matthew Niederhauser photographs the Chongqing Dockers for The New Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread02.jpg\" width=\"950\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread02.jpg 950w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_spread02-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3041\" alt=\"Matthew Niederhauser photographs the Chongqing Dockers for The New Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_single01.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_single01.jpg 460w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_single01-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3040\" alt=\"Matthew Niederhauser photographs the Chongqing Dockers for The New Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover02.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover02.jpg 460w, https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover02-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]<br \/>\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]<br \/>\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;] [et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;] [et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;] I am very excited to announce that my portrait of Fat Baby is currently gracing the cover of The New Republic. Last fall I traveled down to Chongqing to photograph what would become the turning point in the season for the Dockers, the city&#8217;s first American football team. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2014\/04\/08\/fat-baby-graces-the-cover-the-new-republic-for-the-chongqing-dockers\/matthew-niederhauser-for-the-new-republic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3039\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3039\" alt=\"Fat Baby graces the cover The New Republic for the Chongqing Dockers\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140421_new_republic_chongqing_dockers_cover.jpg\" width=\"950\" height=\"1247\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"paragraph\"><p>I am very excited to announce that my portrait of Fat Baby is currently gracing the cover of The New Republic. Last fall I traveled down to Chongqing to photograph what would become the turning point in the season for the Dockers, the city's first American football team. Fat Baby was one of the many characters involved in the ups and downs of this amazing venture. I usually provide a short summary of the articles I shoot, but this one needs to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/117246\/chinese-football-my-season-chongqing-dockers\" title=\"Year of the Pigskin: My hilarious, heartbreaking, triumphant season with the American Football League of China\" target=\"_blank\">read<\/a> in its entirety. Chris Beam does an amazing job capturing the absurdities and struggles of this band of warriors. It's an excellent look into some of the mutating facets of contemporary Chinese culture. 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