Fine Print: Muhammad Ali. Chicago river, Illinois, 1966 Size:24 x 36 in (60 x 90 cm) Present at the Sharpeville shootings

Present at the Sharpeville shootings in 1960

“From a ground level

Stock wanted to know where Dean had come from

and the unpolished humor of everyday indulgence

when Thomas Hoepker was a young staff photographer at STERN magazine

Fine Print: Muhammad Ali. Chicago river, Illinois, 1966 Size:24 x 36 in (60 x 90 cm) Present at the Sharpeville shootingsIn 1966, when Thomas Hoepker was a young staff photographer at STERN magazine, he was asked to cover a fight in London with the then heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali. After documenting him for a few days there, Hoepker persuaded his editor that the story was bigger and followed Ali to Chicago where this photograph was taken.