If a picture paints a thousand words...

Pseuds may have seen this photograph in When Saturday Comes or, if they are lucky, Peter Robinson and Doug Cheeseman's beautiful book "1966 Uncovered". Pele, a man apart, training at the 1966 World Cup.



Jesse Owens with Berlin Olympic guides.


This is the woman who immortalised Owens' achievements and Nazi rallies.


Neil Leifer's amazing shot of Ali in triumph.


Ali's favourite - Andy Warhol's portrait.

Cycling in Belgium - Mouth of the Mersey

Here is some of the work of Stephan Vanfleteren. See more at www.panos.co.uk in the "Hard Men and Heroes" section.

The one and only Eddy looking as hard in middle age as in his prime - there is no such thing as a bad photo of him as this book http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1884737722/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-7933104-7113727#reader-link proves.





Here is some of the terrain over which the Belgian Hard Men make their reputations - in real life, it's still just black and white.






And this is what it does to your legs.

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