A study investigated gender stereotypes in photographs of female and male athletes, noting differences in the way the two genders are depicted in photographs taken by the Associated Press (AP) and also in photos chosen by newspaper editors. Every photograph sent by AP from the 1987 Wimbledon tennis tournament to one Texas newspaper was coded in four different ways: whether the subject was male or female, whether or not emotion was revealed in the subject's face, whether the subject was in a vulnerable position, and whether the photograph depicted the entire body of the subject. Photos used by eight newspapers were examined using the same coding procedures. Findings showed that the male tennis players in the AP photographs were shown with emotional facial expressions significantly more often than women. Photographs run by the eight newspapers in the study, however, showed no difference between male and female tennis players on the emotion variable. Also, while the AP photos produced no significant differences on the vulnerability variable, the newspaper photos depicted female athletes in vulnerable positions more often than male athletes. Finally, both the AP and newspaper photos concentrated on the faces of women and the bodies of men. The overall results of the study suggest that while photographers do not seem to be reinforcing gender stereotypes, sports editors may be doing so. (Four copies of photographs, 7 tables, and 22 references are appended). (ARH)