Tag: olympics
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Author Shares The Heartbreaking Story About The ‘Third Man’ In The Famous Photo From The 1968 Olympics
As you may know from the famous photo, at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, a heroic protest for equality occurred as the medals were being awarded. Many of us know Tommie Smith and John Carlos as the brave heroes who dared to stand for their civil rights, but only a few remember…
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Photographer Captures the Diverse Range of Body Types of Olympic Athletes
As we’re well aware, women and men come in all shapes and sizes. This saying has never been so apparent than in New York photographer Howard Schatz’s latest series of photographs, which documents the amazing diversity of body types of USA Olympic athletes. Short and tall, muscular and slim, big and small – almost all body…