Beyond the significance of Bannister’s triumph, this was one of the very first action photographs to record the climactic moment of a major sporting event.
By David Davis, Deadspin.com
Sir Roger Bannister died over the weekend at the age of 88 and, as to be expected, the glowing obituaries...
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It appears all three men took photographs as Bannister neared the tape, but Norman Potter’s iconic photograph was the one chosen to make history.
By Bob Hind, The News
On May 5, 1954, a 25-year-old athlete went to bed unknown. The next night he was world-famous having become the first man to...
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