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Neil Leifer Black and White Photography

American, b. 1942

Neil Leifer is an American photojournalist and filmmaker mostly known for his sports photographs, especially his dramatic photograph of the Mohammed Ali vs. Sonny Liston fight in Lewiston, Maine in 1965. His extensive career spans over five decades, and he has worked for such distinguished publications as Sports Illustrated, Time, Life and Newsweek. He has received the coveted Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography and is included in a number of private and museum collections.

(Biography provided by PDNB Gallery)

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Artist: Neil Leifer
Clay Walking to Corner vs Jones, Black White Photography, Fine Art Print
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clay Walking to Corner vs Jones, 1963 40 x 60 in. (101 x 152 cm) Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 The photographer Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographi...
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20th Century Neil Leifer Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Willie Mays, San Francisco, 1942
By Neil Leifer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Willie Mays, San Francisco, 1942 Signed and numbered in ink on recto Gelatin Silver Print Image 16 x 20 Matted 20 x 24 Edition 51 of 150
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1940s Neil Leifer Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Muhammad Ali looking in the mirror while training at 5th Street Gym. Miami Beach
By Neil Leifer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NEIL LEIFER’s photography career has spanned over 50 years since becoming a professional while still in his teens. Beginning in 1960, his pictures regularly appeared in every major national magazine, including the Saturday Evening Post, Look, LIFE, Newsweek, Time and, most often, Sports Illustrated. Leifer eventually became a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated before leaving in 1978 to become a staffer for Time magazine. In 1988 he was made a contributing photographer at LIFE magazine and spent the next two years dividing his time between Time and LIFE. When Leifer left Time Inc. in 1990, his photographs had appeared on over 200 Sports Illustrated, Time, and People covers—at that point, the most ever published of one photographer’s work in Time Inc. history. Neil Leifer is the 2006 recipient of the prestigious Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography. In 2008 he was honored for his outstanding contribution to Time Inc. journalism with The Britton Hadden Lifetime Achievement Award. Leifer has published 16 books, 9 of which have been collections of his sports photographs. Sports, his 1978 Abrams book, is considered by many to be the quintessential sports photography book. His two most recent, Ballet in the Dirt and Guts and Glory—both published by TASCHEN, showcase the very best of Leifer’s professional baseball and football photographs...
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1960s Neil Leifer Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Clay vs Jones Post Fight "Knockout"
By Neil Leifer
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Neil Leifer Clay vs Jones Post Fight "Knockout", 1963 Black and white photograph 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Edition 14/150
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