Iconic Ali v Liston Photo

[Leslie]

Apologies if this has been posted before. I did a search but it turned up nothing.

Found this article and the first part of it discusses how the iconic photo of Muhammad Ali Standing over Sonny Liston was captured. I found it to be a really interesting read and thought i'd share it here.

http://www.iowareview.org/from-the-issue/volume-44-issue-3-—winter-201415/how-things-break

 

[Merluza]

Thanks, great article.

 

[Nawty]

Yes, very interesting and very well written too. Thanks for posting

 

[shapeshifter]

How did he fire the special flash units over the ring ?

 

[MatBin]

How did he fire the special flash units over the ring ?

My guess would be optical slaves.
Matt

 

[Photodiva]

The thing that intrigues me is what prompted Leifer to position himself on the opposite side to the other photographers? Those other snappers didn't stand a chance of an iconic pic, but it might have been the other way round!