Pele Art Life Football

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento

Três Corações

ART LIFE FOOTBALL HERRERA ARCHIVE

“Eu nasci em Três Corações, eu sou um homem de três corações”

“I was born in Três Corações, I am a man of three hearts.” Pelé PELÉ, the PELÉ Signature and the Bicycle Kick Design are [the trademarks of PELÉ IP Ownership LLC]

“My joy, throughout my life, has been football.” Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento—better known as Pelé—is the most celebrated football player in history and perhaps the most popular, exciting athlete the world has ever known. A native of Brazil, Pelé enjoyed a professional career during which he scored 1,283 goals in 1,366 matches.

Pelé was born on Oct. 23, 1940 to Dondinho and Dona Celeste in Três Corações (in the state of Minas Gerais). Pelé’s father was a local professional football player who held the distinction of scoring five goals with his head in one game. As a kid, Pelé created his own reputation as a player in the city of Bauru. Former Brazilian World Cup player, Waldemar de Brito, noticed his skills and took him to Santos, a club team on the coast of Brazil. Pelé started his professional career at the age of 16 for Santos Futebol Clube scoring one goal in his first official game. It was not long after that, when he joined the Brazilian national team.

In 1958, the 17-year-old was selected to play for the Seleção at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

Pelé missed the first two games of the tournament with a knee injury. He made up for lost time by scoring the game-winning goal in the quarterfinals and a hat trick in the semifinals. After Pelé’s two goals against Sweden in the final, his teammates lifted the child prodigy onto their shoulders and hoisted their country’s first Jules Rimet Trophy.

The 1958 World Cup revealed to the public the greatness of Pelé, in which this triumph was only the beginning. He became the youngest

ever winner of a World Cup tournament and the youngest scorer in a World Cup Final. He later led Brazil to two more World Cup titles, in 1962 (Chile) and 1970 (Mexico). As of today, Pelé is the only football player to have won three World Cup tournaments and he remains the top scorer in the history of the Brazil National team with 77 goals.

In 1975, after 18 years with Santos FC where he won multiple international and national trophies, he joined the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL). During his three years in New York, Pelé lead the Cosmos to the 1977 NASL title and brought great excitement to football and inspiration to young players in the United States. He capped off his career with an emotional farewell game on October 1, 1977, in a sold-out Giants Stadium, playing the first half with the Cosmos and the second half for Santos.

Since his retirement from football, Pelé continues to make positive contributions to the game and travels the world to interact with his fans. Named one of the “Top 20 Most Important People of the 20th Century” (Time Magazine) and “Football Player of the Century” (FIFA), Pelé today maintains his commitment to the sport and to society by fulfilling various roles as spokesperson, ambassador and philanthropist. In 2014, he was awarded the first ever FIFA Ballon d’Or Prix d’Honneur in recognition of the dazzling career and achievements.

ABOUT THIS ARTWORK The Brazilian soccer star Pelé, dubbed the “athlete of the century,” was accompanied by photographer José Dias Herrera between the 1950s and 1970s, who captured his rise from budding athlete to global icon. Herrera gained unprecedented access to Pelé’s personal life and victories on the field, creating iconic photographs that would shape his image for decades.

Each giclée and silver gelatin print within this captivating collection has been hand signed by Pelé, giving it the ultimate seal of approval.

A young Pelé sporting his Brazil kit in the early 1960s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

BRAZIL Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 150 Paper Size: 30” x 30 “ | Framed £1,950 Paper Size: 40” x 40 “ | Framed £2,950 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 75 Paper Size: 60” x 60 “ | Framed £3,950

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WARM UP Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495

Pelé warming up on the pitch with Santos teammates, mid-1960s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

“I still dream that I’m dribbling, scoring goals.” Pelé

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back of the net Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 150 Paper Size: 30” x 30 “ | Framed £1,950 Paper Size: 40” x 40 “ | Framed £2,950 Stopped only by the back of the net, 1960s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 75 Paper Size: 60” x 60 “ | Framed £3,950

Training hard for Santos Football Club in the 1960s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

“I was lucky to be blessed with a physique tailor-made for sport, especially football.” Pelé

training hard Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 150 Paper Size: 30” x 30 “ | Framed £1,950 Paper Size: 40” x 40 “ | Framed £2,950 30” x 30” Silver Gelatin presentation frame shown

Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 75 Paper Size: 60” x 60 “ | Framed £3,950

Pelé perfecting a header in the locker room during the 1960s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

“I was always very dedicated. I never did something just to do it. I would take it seriously and practice.” Pelé

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locker room skills Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495

On 7 July 1957, Pelé was called up to play for Brazil’s national football team, the Seleção, and scored his first international goal against Argentina. The next year, he made his first World Cup appearance in Sweden with the Seleção. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

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pelé Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 150 Paper Size: 30” x 30 “ | Framed £1,950 Paper Size: 40” x 40 “ | Framed £2,950 Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin of 75 Paper Size: 60” x 60 “ | Framed £3,950

“The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.” Pelé

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world cup winner Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495

Pelé in 1962 holding the Jules Rimet trophy, won by Brazil for the second consecutive time. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

Taking a break on the pitch with Santos, early 1970s. Photograph Photo: José Dias Herrera

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santos fc Signed Limited Edition Giclée 195 Image Size: 18” x 18” | Framed £495

Herrera Archive Boxed Set of 8 Editions Boxed Set of 8 Limited Edition Giclée Prints in Presentation Box | Image Size 18” x 18” | £1,450 Portfolio Set of 4 Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints in Presentation Wallet | Paper Size 30” x 30” | £4,950

This beautifully curated boxed set gives an intimate insight into the man behind the legend; Pelé’s life captured through Herrera’s lens. Viewed together, these snapshots form a pictorial timeline, illustrating Pelé’s stratospheric rise from emerging star to globally recognised sporting icon.

My father always used to say, “It’s not enough just to know how to play, you also have to follow the right path, and you need luck.” Pelé

JOSE DIAS HERRERA José Dias Herrera (1920–2009) was a celebrated photojournalist who carved a specialist niche for himself in the history of sport. Born in São Paulo in 1920 to Spanish immigrant parents, he lived in Santos from the age of seven and learned the art of photography at just 14 in a studio laboratory.

In 1937 he began his career as a photographer at the Gazette newspaper, moving in 1953 to the Tribuna de Santos, where he served until 1980 before transferring to the city’s Department of Communication.

For Herrera, photography was a way of life. As a photojournalist working for one of the major Brazilian media groups, he recorded the burgeoning city of Santos, political developments in Brazil and the country’s famous figures. Above all, he is known for documenting Pelé’s long and spectacular career – including the World Cups of 1958, 1962 and 1966 – as well as quieter, behindthe-scenes shots of the star at leisure. Many of Herrera’s photographs were included in the 2002 exhibition Pelé, the Art of the King at São Paulo Museum of Modern Art; this was the first show that explicitly recognised Herrera’s role in creating Pelé’s almost mythical status.

Herrera was passionate about analogue cameras, which he liked to control and adjust in his own particular way. Modern digital cameras irritated him – not due to their complexity, but because he felt that anyone could shoot fairly competently in automatic mode. He lived to be the last founding member from Santos of the São Paulo State Syndicate of Professional Journalists, created in 1942.

SILVER GELATIN ARCHIVAL PRINTS Black & white images are printed on an archival silver gelatin paper by merging years of experience in analogue printing with new digital technology methods. Output on a double weight fibre based paper, we have produced fully archival prints from digital files that truly represent the legacy of black & wite imaging.

GICLÉE PRINTS The term “giclée print” denotes an elevation in printmaking technology, largely due to the superior colour accuracy it affords in comparison to other reproduction techniques. Images are taken from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various media including canvas, fine art, and photographic paper.

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