ALI by Thomas Hoepker
There are two ways to really get to know Muhammad Ali’s fists. The first is to have suffered a brutal beatdown by “The Champ.” The other way is to look at one of Thomas Hoepker’s iconic photographs.
The collection comes from a 1966 assignment from Sternmagazine, which placed Hoepker into Ali’s entourage as he travelled through London, Chicago and back to his home town of Louisville, Kentucky. Although Hoepker was with Ali for only a handful of days at a time, the breadth of photos makes it seem as if the two travelled together for months or years. There’s Ali in Chicago, playing with droves of children like a giant pied piper. And then there’s Ali raising his hands in triumph over the fallen British heavyweight champion Brian London. And then there’s Ali flirting with the baker’s daughter who would later become his second wife.
To celebrate Ali’s legacy, Milk Gallery teamed up with online auction house Paddle8 to launch a complementary auction to the exhibit, with proceeds from a special Hoepker print and a percentage of sales of other works to support the Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Center.
The collection comes from a 1966 assignment from Sternmagazine, which placed Hoepker into Ali’s entourage as he travelled through London, Chicago and back to his home town of Louisville, Kentucky. Although Hoepker was with Ali for only a handful of days at a time, the breadth of photos makes it seem as if the two travelled together for months or years. There’s Ali in Chicago, playing with droves of children like a giant pied piper. And then there’s Ali raising his hands in triumph over the fallen British heavyweight champion Brian London. And then there’s Ali flirting with the baker’s daughter who would later become his second wife.
To celebrate Ali’s legacy, Milk Gallery teamed up with online auction house Paddle8 to launch a complementary auction to the exhibit, with proceeds from a special Hoepker print and a percentage of sales of other works to support the Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Center.
Source: Milkmade