NBA great Kobe Bryant recently announced he’ll be retiring from pro basketball at the end of his current season with the Los Angeles Lakers. In his honor, we present a gallery of images by sports-photography legend Walter Iooss.
“We have worked together for all of his 19 years,” Walter says of Bryant. “It has been a pleasure, and he was a photographer’s dream. So many good pictures. Adios, amigo.”
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
With Tyra Banks. Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
With Shaquille O’Neal. Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Kobe on a spread in one of Walter’s diaries.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Photo by Walter Iooss.
Above and top: Kobe in 2015. Photos by Walter Iooss for The Players’ Tribune.
