Muhammad ali underwater

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." —Muhammad Ali

From the iconic black-and-white fashion imagery of Cecil Beaton and Horst P. Horst to modern-day photographers' scenes from Syria and Saudi Arabia, the 20th edition of Paris Photo this weekend saw the Grand Palais play host to all manner of stand-out photography from the last century. Survey the best shots from over 150 galleries around the world, featuring everyone from Audrey Hepburn to Muhammad Ali to David Hockney's parents, here.

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Flip Schulke’s photographs of boxing legend Muhammad Ali standing in a swimming pool are probably some of the most impressive images of a sportsman in action ever taken. Yet Schulke (1930–2008) later revealed that the photographs, which feature in the Photographs sale in London on 17 May, were not"u2026

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