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Multiple exposure portrait of Muhammad Ali demonstrating “Ali Double-Clutch Shuffle” during a photo shoot at Life Studios. 40 x 30 Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. 40 X 60 inches, Ed. 150 of 150 Leifer grew up in a Low-income housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and began studying photography at a Camera Club at the age of 13, as part of a free class program initiative for poor kids to try to get them off the streets (the program also produced other outstanding photographers like Stanley Kubrick !). © All photos by Neil Leifer. 250, Johnny Unitas vs. Redskins, December, 1964, Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packer Coach after Winning Super Bowl II, Miami, Florida, January, 1968, 11 x 14 inches, Ed. Beginning in 1960, his pictures regularly appeared in every major national magazine, including Time, Life, Newsweek, the Saturday Evening Post, Look, and, most often, Sports Illustrated.Leifer became a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated in 1972; then for Time in 1978. As time went by, his fame as an athlete and as a human being rose higher and he was ranked as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated. - IMDb Mini Biography By: He is the 2006 recipient of the prestigious Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography. At the age of 18, Leifer had his first cover shot. 40 x 30 Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. Back then, the challenger, a young 22 year old Cassius Clay unpredictably beat the heavyweight champion of the world Sonny Liston -an intimidating and dominating fighter with a criminal past and ties to the mob. 60 x 40 Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. One of the editors liked his work and he was booked as the young revelation of the magazine. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena. The bell rang and two massive shadows became the focus of a million eyes all over the world. A few days before the match, Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali, after converting to Islam. He has photographed 16 Olympic Games (7 winter and 9 summer), 4 FIFA World Cups, 15 Kentucky Derbies, countless World Series games, the first 12 Super Bowls and every important heavyweight title fight since Ingemar Johansson beat Floyd Patterson in 1959. To purchase Neil Leifer’s photos: Contact: sales@neilleifer.com | 888-802-3354. New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins, May, 1972, NY Rangers Face Off Against Detroit Red Wings, Madison Square Garden, NY, 1963, Wayne Gretsky, Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton, Canada, 1984, Tiger Woods, Round 4 of the British Open at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, 2005, Arnold Palmer, US Open, Lake Course of the Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA, 1966, Jack Nicklaus with caddie Willie Peterson celebrate after making a birdie putt on the 16th green during Round 1, Masters Tournament at Augusta National GC, 1972, Carl Lewis, Team USA, training session, Houston, 1988, Steve Prefontaine (229) US Olympic Trials, 5000 Meter race, Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, 1972, Steve Prefontaine, 5000 Meter Final, Summer Olympics, Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany, 1972, Carl Lewis, Summer Olympics, LA Memorial Coliseum, 1984, Steve Prefontaine (229) US Olympic Trials, 5000 Meter race, Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, 1972, Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo-Jo), Team USA, Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, 1988, Kipkoech Cheruiyot & Charles Cheruiyot, Nanyuki, Kenya, 1984, Secretariat at Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, 1973, 16 x 20 Color Photograph, Ed. 20 x 24 Color Photograph, Ed. Beginning in 1960, his pictures regularly appeared in every major national magazine, including the Saturday Evening Post, Look, LIFE, Newsweek, Time and, most often, Sports Illustrated. Leifer has traveled all over the world on sports assignments. Publicity Listings

Neil Leifer is known as one of the top sports photographers of all time. 40 x 30 Color Photograph, Ed. 350

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