You and half the world.
That same photo today would only have 3-4 photographers and all the other seats would be filled by "celebs" of varying degree.I was too young to watch him fight, but I always thought this is one of the best sports photos I've ever seen.
that's because every celeb is holding a more powerful supercomputer and camera than existed in the 1960s. I don't even know what you're trying to say. Boxing had WAY more celebrity attraction back in Ali's day than today. One of the stories I heard on ESPN last night was how Frank Sinatra was a ringside photographer during one fight since it was the only way he could get in. FRANK SINATRA.
I was too young to remember, and my dad is too long gone to ask, but Ali-Frazier I was Super Bowl level big, if not bigger.
I'm saying they've pushed the media back to sell all those seats to people, instead of having the press being the closest to the ring. To me, the visual of the press being the people closest to the "action" is telling in the fact that it's gone from that photo with the boxers, referee, ring crew and reporters, to if a similar photo were done today, you'd have the boxers, referee, ring crew and "celebs." It shows how much he changed the way that venues sold seats, and really in comparison, how far that boxing has fallen since then.
There is no proper rating for this.
If anyone is looking for a good source on how to take photos like this (off-topic, I know), The Strobist is a good source. In fact, he covers exactly this style in the Lighting 102 series.
