Art Shay: acclaimed photographer – in pictures

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Shay, who has died aged 96, photographed celebrities, politicians and ordinary Americans during a career that spanned 70 years. His work for publications including Time, Life and Sports Illustrated made him one of the most respected photojournalists of his generation

Sarah Gilbert

Thu 3 May 2018 11.20 EDT Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 10.32 EDT

• Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) in his locker room at home, 1961. (All photographs: Art Shay/courtesy of the Monroe Gallery) Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Welcome Democrats – the Democratic convention at the Hilton hotel, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, August 1968 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Coney Island, New York, 1947 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Nixon on La Salle Street, Chicago, during the 1968 presidential Campaign Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Elijah Muhammad’s grandchild with Black Muslim Sisters, Chicago, 1966 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Marlon Brando and family dog, Libertyville, Illinois, 1950 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Back-yard olympics, Chicago, 1950 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Martin Luther King funeral march, Memphis, Tennessee, April 1968 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Gypsy girl, Chicago, 1949 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Hula hoop craze, Deerfield, Illinois, 1958 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Simone de Beauvoir, Chicago, 1950 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• John F Kennedy receives a request at a native American conference, Chicago, 1962 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Self-portrait Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

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