Here is an interview done not long ago by CBS on the featured gallery of Muhammad Ali Photography by Michael Brennen that our gallery is featuring:
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Photographer Michael Brennan’s iconic portrait of Muhammad Ali, “1977,” is a picture of an instant: 1/125th of a second to be precise. “I had attempted this picture on numerous previous occasions, with no success,” Brennan recalls. His patience ultimately paid off. Somehow, in mid-September of 1977, as Ali prepared for his upcoming match with Earnie Shavers the fighter revealed himself to Brennan’s camera, and the result became not only a famous portrait in its own right, but also the most important portrait of Muhammad Ali ever taken. In an instant, the qualities that made Ali an icon — to boxing fans and to African Americans – were immortalized by a single snap of Brennan’s lens. Muhammad Ali’s famous determination and self-assurance are all there, shining through his handsome features.
“I don’t have to be what you want me to be,” Ali once stated, “I’m free to be what I want.” Michael Brennan’s epic photographic portrait echoes that sense of fierce independence. The portrait is important for the same reason that Muhammad Ali legacy is important: it tells us something about the strivings of all men for dignity. An example of the “1977” Portrait of Muhammad Ali is housed in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery – Smithsonian Institute.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
- Muhammad Ali
And here’s a few signed Muhammad Ali Photographs
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