In 1966, Thomas Hoepker and his second wife, journalist Eva Windmoeller, followed Muhammad Ali around Chicago as he prepared for an upcoming fight. Ali retained the heavyweight title in five fights that year — notching three TKOs, one KO, and one unanimous decision. Hoepker’s portrait of the fighter jumping atop a bridge on the Chicago River was spontaneous rather than pre-planned, with Hoepker noting, “That just happened. We were crossing and they said, ‘Hey that’s a nice view!’ And he got out and jumped on that bridge and took off his shirt, that was just to show off, and then he jumped. Once, you know? He jumped once and that was it. Today you would bring a producer and crew, and he would jump 25 times.”
Specification
Format: Archival Pigment Print
Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper
Size: 11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Please note, this Darkroom Print is hand stamped with a Magnum Stamp on the back. This will be hidden by the framing.
This print is for personal use only, intended for display in the home or other private spaces. For all other purposes, such as display in public spaces or institutions, publishing the image online or in print, or any other form of usage, permission must be granted by Magnum Photos.
Framing
Each frame is hand-crafted and made-to-order and includes framing-grade quality plexiglass, which comes with ~60% UV protection.
Please allow up to three additional weeks before your order is shipped when ordering a framed item.
Please note: due to the nature of the framing process the artist archival stamp that is on the recto of our Contact Sheet, Darkroom and Magnum Edition prints will be obscured upon framing.
Shipping
All of our prints are shipped flat and separately from other items in your order. Unframed posters are shipped within a sturdy tube.
If you order a framed print will ship carefully packed in bubble wrap and a sturdy box separately from other items in your order.
Please allow an extra three weeks for delivery for all framed items.
All of our prints are shipped flat and separately from other items in your order.
If you order a framed print will ship carefully packed in bubble wrap and a sturdy box separately from other items in your order.
Please allow an extra three weeks for delivery for all framed items.
