Dawn Run, 1974
Sitting on Logs, 1974
Reflection, 1974
Side Reflection, 1974
At Camp Entrance, 1974
Welcoming The Champ, 1974
Ringside with Crew, 1974
Ali in Rocker, 1974
Ali Water Bottle, 1974
Rule of My Kitchen, 1974
Ali Musing, 1974
Ali Resting, 1974
Laughing in the Car, 1974
Ali Ringside, Hands Taped, 1974
Bucling Up, 1974
Close Up, 1974
Jump Rope, 1974
Running Along the Fence. 1974
Dancing Next to Field, 1974
Punching Bag, 1974
Peter Angelo Simon – Muhammad Ali, Fighter's Heaven (April 2016)
In August 1974, Brooklyn-based photographer Peter Angelo Simon spent 48 hours with Muhammad Ali while he was in training for the legendary Rumble in the Jungle bout in Zaire against George Foreman. Simon’s extraordinary images from these two days provide insight into the man behind the legend and how he prepared for to win back the heavyweight championship belt.
Books include GOAT (Taschen, 2004), Big Apple Circus (Penguin, 1978), and Muhammad Ali, Fighter’s Heaven 1974 (Reel Art Press, 2015).
Please mail info@davidhillgallery.net with any Peter Angelo Simon exhibition print enquiries.
‘Simon captures, on the faces of those who met Ali, the dumbstruck awe and joy that he was able to bring forth.’ The New Yorker
