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Neil Leifer. Homage to Ali. ‘Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, 1966’
8000Availability: In StockTake your place ringside with the indubitable champion of boxing photography, Neil Leifer, as he pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of fine art prints. Powerful, nuanced, and adept at finding openings others would never see: the unmistakable Leifer touch!
Edition of 40 numbered copies signed by Neil Leifer.
Edition of 40 numbered copies signed by Neil Leifer.
Edition of 40Dye-sublimation print on ChromaLuxe aluminum panel, ready to hang, two panels, each 80 x 165 cm
Neil Leifer. Homage to Ali. ‘Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, 1966’
8000Neil Leifer. Homage to Ali Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, 1966
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 on ChromaLuxe aluminum panels, ready to hang.
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 double-clutch shuffle in a multiple exposure sequence engineered by Neil Leifer. When the champ first announced this new move in his fighting arsenal on the Tonight Show some months earlier, he whispered to Johnny Carson, ‘I’ve got a secret weapon. I'm going to call it the double-clutch shuffle.’ “It was as though he wasn’t on camera with an audience watching,” says Leifer. The dance became so essential to his repertoire it would go on to be called the Ali Shuffle.
Photos by Neil Leifer © ABG-SI LLC
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 double-clutch shuffle in a multiple exposure sequence engineered by Neil Leifer. When the champ first announced this new move in his fighting arsenal on the Tonight Show some months earlier, he whispered to Johnny Carson, ‘I’ve got a secret weapon. I'm going to call it the double-clutch shuffle.’ “It was as though he wasn’t on camera with an audience watching,” says Leifer. The dance became so essential to his repertoire it would go on to be called the Ali Shuffle.
- Exclusive edition of 40 copies signed by Neil Leifer
- Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label on verso
- Dye-sublimation print on ChromaLuxe aluminum panel (diptych), ready to hang
- Each 80 x 165 cm (31.5 x 65 in.)
Photos by Neil Leifer © ABG-SI LLC
The photographer
Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports events as a teenager. Over 160 of his pictures have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and over 40 of his photographs have graced the cover of Time. He has published 17 books, and was one of two principal photographers in TASCHEN’s tribute to Muhammad Ali, GOAT—Greatest Of All Time, and the illustrated edition of Norman Mailer’s The Fight.
Neil Leifer. Homage to Ali. ‘Ali Invents the Double-Clutch Shuffle, 1966’
Edition of 40Dye-sublimation print on ChromaLuxe aluminum panel, ready to hang, two panels, each 80 x 165 cmISBN 978-3-8365-8550-7
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