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Gordon Park's photograph of Ali is perhaps the most recognizable and famous photograph of a boxer ever produced

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Free to use Selective Focus Photography of Woman Holding Dslr Camera | Andre Furtado

Free to use Selective Focus Photography of Woman Holding Dslr Camera | Andre Furtado

On this day #MuhammadAli was born. A professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist, Ali is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century. Gordon Park's photograph of Ali is perhaps the most recognizable and famous photograph of a boxer ever produced. It captures the moment after the victorious 1966 Henry Cooper fight in London.

Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)
Muhammad Ali (1966)
gelatin silver print
Gift of the New Jersey Black Administrators' Network, Bellevue Gallery of Fine Arts and the Friends of the New Jersey State Museum
On view in the American Perspectives galleries. 

Original source can be found here.

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