Research Catalog

Title

Muhammad Ali : fighter's heaven 1974 / edited by Tony Nourmand ; photographs and text by Peter Angelo Simon ; foreword by D.A. Pennebaker.

Author

Simon, Peter Angelo

Publication

• London, UK : Reel Art Press, an imprint of Rare Art Press Ltd., 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nourmand, Tony
• Pennebaker, D. A.

Description

173 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

In October 1974, Muhammad Ali attempted to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship title that was stripped from him when he refused the Vietnam draft seven years earlier. He faced the brutal, undefeated George Foreman in Zaire, Africa, the fight he had dubbed "The Rumble in The Jungle." Only weeks before, on August 11-12, photographer Peter Angelo Simon was invited to experience the private world of one of the most famous people on the planet as he prepared mentally and physically for the biggest challenge of his life. This two-day photo-essay includes many previously unpublished photographs and captures Ali the man, unguarded, away from the glare of the media spotlight at his Pennsylvania sanctuary. It includes a foreword by D.A. Pennebaker, the foremost chronicler of American counterculture in the 1960s, and an introduction by Peter Angelo Simon, who writes: "I shot 33 rolls in the two days. Ali said nobody had ever taken so many pictures of him. I believe these photographs reveal aspects of Ali's fascinating character not previously seen." Few photographers got as close to the boxer behind the legend. This extraordinary book reveals the preparation for a seminal moment in cultural and political history.

Alternative Title

Muhammad Ali fighter's heaven 1974

Subjects

• Boxers (Sports)
• Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
• Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 > Pictorial works
• Photobooks
• Boxers (Sports) > Portraits > Pictorial works
• Portraits
• Photography, Artistic > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• Photobooks.
• Portraits.

Call Number

JFF 16-1864

ISBN

• 190952638X
• 9781909526389

OCLC

936147771

Author

Simon, Peter Angelo, photographer, author.

Title

Muhammad Ali : fighter's heaven 1974 / edited by Tony Nourmand ; photographs and text by Peter Angelo Simon ; foreword by D.A. Pennebaker.

Publisher

London, UK : Reel Art Press, an imprint of Rare Art Press Ltd., 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Nourmand, Tony, editor.

Pennebaker, D. A., writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-1864