Walter Iooss’ photos and collages of Michael Jordan featured in Sports Illustrated cover story celebrating the basketball icon’s 50th birthday

02/22/2013 – 11:38 am

Michael Jordan turned 50 this month, a milestone marked by Sports Illustrated in a photo-filled cover package that kicks off with a classic Jordan action shot by Walter Iooss (who wished the basketball great a happy birthday via Instagram). It happens to also be the 50th Michael Jordan cover in Sports Illustrated‘s history. . . […]

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Video: Walter Iooss on capturing one of Sports Illustrated’s “100 Greatest Sports Photos”

11/16/2012 – 11:41 am

. As part of its “100 Greatest Greatest Sports Photos” package, Sports Illustrated interviewed Walter Iooss about capturing his iconic 1988 shot of Michael Jordan dunking the ball from the foul line (above). As Walter explains it, the exhilarating photo was a sort of collaboration between him and the basketball great. Click here or on […]

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A video tour of Walter Iooss’ diary

02/18/2010 – 10:23 am

. Last fall, I wrote about the Newseum’s exhibition “Athlete: The Sports Illustrated Photography of Walter Iooss.” The show was supposed to close in December, but the museum decided to extend it—for another year. “The visitor response to our ’Athlete’ exhibit has been overwhelmingly positive,” Cathy Trost, the Newseum’s director of exhibits, told me by email. “Because […]

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Terrific press for “Sport: Iooss and Leifer”

11/16/2009 – 2:26 pm

… Friday was the opening night of “Sport: Iooss and Leifer” at the Annenberg Space for Photography, and what a spectacular evening it was. So many people turned out (including photographer/actress Alexandra Hedison) that it was shoulder-to-shoulder, with the many pro athletes in attendance towering above the rest of this. They look so much smaller […]

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Walter Iooss: Athlete

08/03/2009 – 9:18 am

Last year, Sports Illustrated published Athlete, a collection of 150-plus photos by Walter Iooss. I was at “The Digital Journalist” today, a monthly online magazine for digital journalism, and I saw that they’ve posted the introductions written for the book by Michael Jordan and Terry McDonell, editor of Sports Illustrated Group. Did you know Walter’s […]

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