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Grassroots to the Pros – LIVE with Jean Fruth & Sony
February 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Grassroots to the Pros with Sony Artisan of Imagery Jean Fruth
Sports photographer Jean Fruth does more than take pictures: she tells stories, giving you a sense of place and culture. Journey with Fruth as she shares her thought process and techniques on how to capture and create powerful images and tell stories from the grassroots to the pros.
Presented by: SONY & Kenmmore Camera Anniversary Sale | February 14th – 16th
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About Jean Fruth: Filmmaker and Photographer Jean Fruth does more than take pictures. She tells stories—of vibrant personalities, local cultures, and distinctive communities. From a small darkroom to the most iconic stadiums flooded with lights, Jean’s trajectory as one of photography’s preeminent visual storytellers has taken her on a round-the-horn tour of the world’s most indelible landmarks.
Now Jean hopes to tell an even larger story: about the power of sports to change the world. While baseball has always been her most compelling subject, what drives her now is to serve historically underserved communities as the co-founder of Grassroots Baseball, a non-profit that promotes a simple truth: sports isn’t merely a diversion. Its influence doesn’t end at the chalk line. Sports can empower and transform lives—the lives of youth, minorities, and women around the globe.
She is honored to be designated by Sony as one of it’s select Sony Artisans of Imagery, a partnership with a small collection of visual artists worldwide. Through her popular workshops, she shares her techniques, her insights, and her love of images—both the power of pictures and the stories they tell.
Jean is the author/photographer of three books in the Grassroots Baseball Series: Where Legends Begin (2019), Route 66 (2022), and See Her Be Her (2024), with proceeds from all books benefitting the Grassroots Baseball non-profit organization.
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