Muhammad Ali Book

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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.

Top Reviews

beautiful and bold photography of The Greatest Of All Time
by MMonroe (5 out of 5 stars)
August 2, 2018

Steve Schapiro is an American master and this latest collection of his photographs of a young Cassius Clay is an important contribution to the icon's history. A time capsule that makes your heart hurt a little. The audacity and playfulness of Ali in Schapiro's expert hands puts you there in the middle of the moment. Photographs of Ali playing with neighborhood children, meeting the young girl that later became his wife and at home in his mother's kitchen reveal the essence of America's force of nature, Muhammad Ali. Honest, beautiful and bold photography of The Greatest Of All Time.

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