In early 1968, Muhammad Ali was suffering the slings ... thinking of how best to portray the embattled boxer on the magazine’s cover, which would become one of the most famous of the 1960s ...

During his preparation, he decided to start researching Saint Sebastian more. Soon he discovered Muhammad Ali’s famous April 1968 cover of Esquire, shot by photographer Carl Fischer and art-directed ...

or variations of his covers, it’s probably his photograph of Muhammad Ali, which is sometimes cited as the greatest magazine cover of all time. The cover is almost completely white, with ...

TIME Magazine (January 1939): Illustrated ... Esquire (April 1968): Depicting Muhammad Ali martyred as St. Sebastian, the cover was done in defense of Ali, who refused to be drafted into the ...

By Neil Genzlinger Carl Fischer, the photographer who shot some of Esquire magazine’s most famous and provocative covers of the 1960s and early ’70s, including images of Muhammad Ali pierced ...

Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight champion ... s “Sportsman of the Century” and graced the magazine’s cover 37 times — second only to Michael Jordan. Each time he appeared ...