When Norman Einstein's own Stephanie Lim set off for South America some months back, I asked her to keep an eye out for the games people play and a camera handy to document them. Of course, on the world's fourth largest continent, the game people play is by and large futbol.
The importance of the beautiful game in South America, even for all the lofty words it inspires, is rarely overstated. In her travels through Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay, Stephanie unsurprisingly found even though the sport was at rest professionally, the game was always in motion, in streets, on beaches, in cafes... even in train stations.
With the World Cup just around the corner, consider this concise photo essay a tribute to the sport's enduring power and the fan's creative impatience.
-Cian O'Day
[Stephanie is a photographer and journalist based in Buenos Aires. Check out more of Stephanie's work at her site Limpire and her weblog Love Of Lens. To see more by Stephanie, check out her profile.]
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