g o n e f a r b e y o n d

by Nick Brandt

by Richard Mosse

“I met him in 1962. I was on assignment. I wasn’t such a boxing fan at the time. I went to the conference and took a photograph and left. Later on that afternoon, I saw him on the corner of 5th and Broadway, which is in downtown Los Angeles, about a block away from the Alexandra Hotel. I was driving down and saw these two guys just standing there on the corner in their suits. So, I said ‘Hey!’ and turned around and pulled over. I asked them if they wanted to join me and I’d show them around LA. And they liked the idea. They were just standing on the corner looking at the girls go by. And that’s exactly how we met. Thank god for that corner.” – Photographer and Muhammad Ali biographer Howard Bingham on meeting the champ for the first time.