Muhammad Ali Lithophane

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Flip Schulke's photographs of Muhammad Ali standing in a swimming pool are possibly some of the most impressive images of an athlete in action ever captured. However, Schulke (1930-2008) later revealed that these photographs, which feature in the Photographs sale in London on May 17th, were not entirely as they appeared. A series of underwater shots of the boxing legend were taken in a Miami swimming pool in 1961. At the time, the 19-year-old boxer was training in the pool when Schulke arrived to discuss the shoot for Sports Illustrated. The photographer explained that he had been told by Ali's previous trainer that the young athlete practiced in the pool because the water resistance provided an effect similar to weight.