The naked woman in the above image is the inimitable Hope Solo, goal keeper for the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. This Friday ESPN The Magazine’s “The Body Issue” will appear in the newsstands. Hope Solo is one of several well-known athletes, male and female who will showcase what their bodies would look like in action without the team uniform.
I placed an inset over the ESPN cover layout which shows an unidentified Iranian woman soccer player in team uniform. Note, crowd in inset all wearing head cover. Also note, Hope is kicking the “Y” in the ESPN layout. Unintended by the layout artist, perhaps, but art has its own independent mind.
