Ali - Hardcover

Schapiro, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576878392 ISBN 13: 9781576878392

Publisher: powerHouse Books, 2018

Synopsis

In June, 1963, on assignment from Sports Illustrated, peerless portrait photographer Steve Schapiro traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to spend some time with the young Olympic champion boxer Cassius Clay, and accompany him on a road trip to New York City. At 21, Clay was yet to adopt the mantel of Muhammad Ali, but his boastful persona, intelligence, black pride, and sharp tongue were already fully formed.

Over the course of their five days together, Schapiro—a master at developing trust and capturing unguarded intimacy on film—revealed both sides of the young Ali: the one side posing and preening for the camera, ever conscious of his image; the other, unguarded and unselfconscious, in candid images of the young fighter at home with his family and immersed in his community and neighborhood.

Ali collects the best of Schapiro's images of the late fighter; many in print for the first time ever. They offer a glimpse of a star on the rise. It is an indelible portrait of the early life of one of the most talented, graceful, controversial, athletic, and influential American figures of the 20th century.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Schapiro is a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published seven books of his work, American Edge, Schapiro's Heroes, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Then and Now, Bliss, and Bowie.

Jack Olsen (1925–2002) was an author and journalist, whose 33 books have been published in 15 countries and 11 languages. Olsen’s journalism earned a number of awards including the National Headliners Award and the Chicago Newspaper Guild’s Page One Award. In a page-one review, The New York Times described his work as “a genuine contribution to criminology and journalism alike.”

Review:

Included in Fortune's The Best Gifts for Everyone On Your List in 2018

Included in Buzzfeed News' best photography books from 2018: "25 Photography Books That Will Change Your View Of The World" 

"Reveals a new side to the heavyweight champion of the world." —Another Man

Included in The Stategist's "Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books (So Far)" 4/19/18

As Seen In: Buzzfeed News, PDN Photo of the Day, Rolling Stone

About this edition

• Publisher: powerHouse Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1576878392
• ISBN 13: 9781576878392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88