Legendary Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein Stunningly Documented Every Step Of Kobe Bryants Unbelievable 20-year NBA Career.
KOBE BRYANT MADE the rounds, stopping at station after station, conducting interviews and posing for the cameras. It was Lakers media day, October 1996. The 18-year-old, fresh out of high school, was just getting introduced to the spotlight.
He eventually made his way over to the set of NBA and team photographer Andy Bernstein, who promptly extended his hand to introduce himself, as he does with all new players.
Oh, I know who you are, Kobe said. I had all your posters in my room growing up.
It took Andy by surprise—not that Kobe had decorated his walls with the posters, but that he had noted the tiny credits tucked into the corner of each. It meant he had examined the shots thoroughly, studying and memorizing the details. “It was really impressive to me,” Bernstein recalls. “It kind of bonded us right from the beginning, because I could really tell that he was a student of the game, even at that age.”
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