Neil Leifer 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.
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Artist: Neil Leifer
Aerial view, Muhammad Ali victorious over Cleveland Williams, Color Photography
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view of Muhammad Ali victorious after round 3 knockout of Cleveland Williams during fight at Astrodome, November 14, 1966
24 x 20 in. (61 x 51 cm)
Archival Digital C-Print
...
Category
20th Century Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali Knocks out Liston, Color Photography, Fine Art Print
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ali Knocks out Liston, 1965
Hand signed by Neil Leifer
20 x 24 in. (50 x 60 cm)
Fine Art Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 350
Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing spor...
Category
20th Century Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali vs. Folley, 1967 Photographic print, Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Take your place ringside with the indubitable champion of boxing photography, Neil Leifer, as he pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an ex...
Category
1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Color, Dye Transfer
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...
Category
20th Century Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Victorious Ali vs Liston II 1965, Photographic print, Dye Sublimated on Aluminum
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Ali: Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of classic photographs. Each photograph is in an edition of 40 signed dye-sublimation prints...
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1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
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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...
Category
1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nolan Ryan, Texas rangers Spring Training, Pompano Beach Municiple Stadium, Pomp
By Neil Leifer
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 350
Signed and numbered by Neil Leifer in black ink on print margin.
Neil Leifer is an American photojournalist and filmmaker, mostly known for his sports photographs...
Category
1980s Contemporary Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
C Print
Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, 1966, Photographic print, on Aluminum
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, LIFE magazine studio, December 1966: Muhammad Ali, poised for battle on the eve of his title defense against Ernie Terrell, demonstrates the do...
Category
1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Color, Dye Transfer
‘Clay vs. Liston I, 1964’ Color Photographic Print, Dye Sublimation on Aluminum.
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Ali: Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of classic photographs.
Clay vs. Liston I, Convention Center, Miami Beach, February 25, 19...
Category
1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Ali with Arms Raised, Color Photography, Fine Art Print, Sports Photography
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ali with Arms Raised, 1965
40 x 60 in. (101 x 152 cm)
Fine Art Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 50
The photographer
Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports e...
Category
20th Century Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Joe Namath, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York, November 24, 1974
By Neil Leifer
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 350
Signed and numbered.
Print size: 24 x 20
Image size: 21 x 14
Neil Leifer is an American photojournalist and filmmaker, mostly known for his sports photographs...
Category
1970s Modern Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Color
‘The Mouth That Roared, 1970’, Photographic Print, Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Ali: Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of classic photographs.
The Mouth That Roared, Miami Beach, October 9, 1970: “It was imposs...
Category
1970s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Tom Landry with Blue Sky, Super Bowl VI, Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins
By Neil Leifer
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Neal Leifer
Neil Leifer is an American photojournalist and filmmaker, mostly known for his sports photographs, especially the dramatic ph...
Category
1970s Modern Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Color
‘Ali vs. Patterson I, 1965’ Photographic Print, Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Ali: Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of classic photographs.
Ali vs. Patterson I, November 22, 1965: An overshadowed Floyd Patterson is about to be thumped in his attempt to regain his title in this Sports Illustrated cover...
Category
1960s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
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
Category
1940s Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
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
Category
1960s Contemporary Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dallas in End zone, Super Bowl X, Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, January 18, 1976
By Neil Leifer
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by artist in black ink on print margin.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Neil Leifer Photography
Materials
C Print
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