Sol Neelman (b.1970) is surely one of the most unusual sports photographers in America: the failed athlete turned sports photographer has a passion for offbeat sports people play in their spare time, which he subsumes them under the blanket label "Weird Sports." After a decade as a newspaper staff photographer, he went freelance, which has given him the freedom to pursue his lifelong photo project on sports culture around the world.Neelman lives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Sol Neelman (b.1970) is surely one of the most unusual sports photographers in America: the failed athlete turned sports photographer has a passion for offbeat sports people play in their spare time, which he subsumes them under the blanket label "Weird Sports." After a decade as a newspaper staff photographer, he went freelance, which has given him the freedom to pursue his lifelong photo project on sports culture around the world.Neelmanlives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Mike Davis is the features photo editor at The Oregonian, Portland.".