Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Sauxis a retired Jèrriais and English professional footballer of French ancestry. He played from 1989 to 2005 starting as a left wingerand left back during his first spell at Chelsea, eventually becoming a left back for Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. He came out of retirement in 2012 by signing with Wembley in order to appear in the club's FA Cup fixtures...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 October 1968
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The reasons for calling it a day were more rational. As a footballer it is not just about the playing a match, that was the easy bit.
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So it was a hard decision but I know it is the right one.
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I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.
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The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why.
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I was pleased that two very disparate photographs, two images that each worked in their own way had appealed enough to other people for them to buy them. I was also relieved they weren't the last ones purchased, and that they sold for a pound more than the frame was worth.
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Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene.
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The problem for me is that I've never actually studied photography, so it's quite a steep learning curve. Cameras these days do so much for you automatically but I still think there's a point where you should actually know the technical side.
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Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.
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My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it.
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When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography.