Can't Smile Without You
Dublin Core
Title
Can't Smile Without You
Shelfmark - 190.DOC.ANDERSEN
Subject
Documentary
Description
Photographer and life-long Tottenham Hotspur fan, Martin Andersen has turned his camera on his fellow fans to create ‘Can’t Smile Without You’, an intimate and often visceral collection of photographs taken at home, away, and across Europe from 2013 until 2017 with the last game played at the White Hart Lane stadium. Selected and edited from over one hundred different games, Andersen presents an authentic and unflinching documentation of the fans and their resultant relationships and community. His imagery depicts the drama, tensions, and raw emotions involved in such unwavering support of a football team that infiltrates every part of life.
Capturing a rapidly changing culture and a unique moment in Tottenham Hotspur’s history following the demolition of the 118 year-old stadium at White Hart Lane at the end of the 2016/17 season, the monochrome images in ‘Can’t Smile Without You’ also have a timeless quality that transcends the recent era they were taken in. These could be images of any diehard football fans and of the associated rituals, pre and post match, that are an integral part of being one.
Capturing a rapidly changing culture and a unique moment in Tottenham Hotspur’s history following the demolition of the 118 year-old stadium at White Hart Lane at the end of the 2016/17 season, the monochrome images in ‘Can’t Smile Without You’ also have a timeless quality that transcends the recent era they were taken in. These could be images of any diehard football fans and of the associated rituals, pre and post match, that are an integral part of being one.
Creator
Martin Andersen
Publisher
AMS
Date
2019
Format
Hardback clothbound, first edition.
248 pages, beautifully printed in tritone by EBS Verona, Italy.
Publication date: 16 December 2019
Retail price £45
248 pages, beautifully printed in tritone by EBS Verona, Italy.
Publication date: 16 December 2019
Retail price £45
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
235mm x 224mm
Number of Pages
248
Number of images
119
Edition Size
1500
Place of Publication
UK
Designer
Andersen M Studio
Editor
Martin Andersen
Printer
EBS Verona
ISBN
9781527249554
Website
martinandersen.co.uk
URL Link to project
www.martinandersen.co.uk/cswy
Where to buy
https://shop.martinandersen.co.uk/
Photographer's Gallery
Artwords
photobookstore.co.uk
Photographer's Gallery
Artwords
photobookstore.co.uk
Links to reviews
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/05/a-fans-eye-view-at-the-football-a-photo-essay?fbclid=IwAR2XxH0CfFU-I8jPA89ZDne3zMkxDSqJr1gtZmA94mPtIQISSYDbF1Z3aHI
Collection
Citation
Martin Andersen, “Can't Smile Without You,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/190.